CVE-2019-19450 — XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) in Reportlab

CWE-91 — XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)7 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
9.5%
top 7.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
ReportlabDebian Python-reportlabDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateApr 10

Description

paraparser in ReportLab before 3.5.31 allows remote code execution because start_unichar in paraparser.py evaluates untrusted user input in a unichar element in a crafted XML document with '<unichar code="' followed by arbitrary Python code, a similar issue to CVE-2019-17626.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/python-reportlab< python-reportlab 3.5.31-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDreportlab/reportlab< 3.5.31
▶PyPIreportlab/reportlab< 3.5.31
▶Palo Altopaloalto/pan-os

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
ReportLab vulnerable to remote code execution via paraparser↗2023-09-20
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GHSA
ReportLab vulnerable to remote code execution via paraparser↗2023-09-20
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OSV
CVE-2019-19450: paraparser in ReportLab before 3↗2023-09-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2024-0004 Informational Bulletin: OSS CVEs fixed in PAN-OS↗2024-04-10
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Red Hat
python-reportlab: code injection in paraparser.py allows code execution↗2023-09-20
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Debian
CVE-2019-19450: python-reportlab - paraparser in ReportLab before 3.5.31 allows remote code execution because start...↗2019
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