XML External Entity injection in North Grid Corporation products - CVE-2023-45727
Published: October 18, 2023 / Updated: November 26, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82199
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45727
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: North Grid Corporation
Affected software:
Proself Standard Edition
Proself Enterprise Edition
Proself Gateway Edition
Proself Mail Sanitize Edition
Proself Standard Edition
Proself Enterprise Edition
Proself Gateway Edition
Proself Mail Sanitize Edition
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-45727
Install updates from vendor's website.