CVE-2021-3878 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Stanford CoreNLP, allowing for remote code execution, data exfiltration, and denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploits available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stanford:corenlp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.