CVE-2023-42445 — XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in Gradle
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 6
Description
Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. In some cases, when Gradle parses XML files, resolving XML external entities is not disabled. Combined with an Out Of Band XXE attack (OOB-XXE), just parsing XML can lead to exfiltration of local text files to a remote server. Gradle parses XML files for several purposes. Most of the time, Gradle parses XML files it generated or were already present locally. Only Ivy XML descriptors and Maven POM …
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
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CVE-2023-42445: Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development↗2023-10-06