CVE-2024-1892 (GCVE-0-2024-1892)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-28 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-11 14:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ReDoS Vulnerability in scrapy/scrapy's XMLFeedSpider
Summary
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the XMLFeedSpider class of the scrapy/scrapy project, specifically in the parsing of XML content. By crafting malicious XML content that exploits inefficient regular expression complexity used in the parsing process, an attacker can cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability allows for the system to hang and consume significant resources, potentially rendering services that utilize Scrapy for XML processing unresponsive.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-05 16:44 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scrapy | scrapy/scrapy |
Affected:
unspecified , < 2.11
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| scrapy | scrapy |
Affected:
0 , < 2.11
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:scrapy:scrapy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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