CVE-2023-49093 (GCVE-0-2023-49093)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-04 04:47 – Updated: 2024-10-10 20:14
VLAI
Title
HtmlUnit vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via XSTL
Summary
HtmlUnit is a GUI-less browser for Java programs. HtmlUnit is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via XSTL, when browsing the attacker’s webpage. This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.9.0
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-10 20:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HtmlUnit htmlunit Affected: < 3.9.0
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