CVE-2024-3572 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the scrapy/scrapy project, stemming from its use of lxml.etree.fromstring to parse untrusted XML without sufficient validation. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger denial of service, access local files, or initiate network connections by submitting specially crafted XML. While no active exploitation or public exploit code is currently reported, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for significant impact remains.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:scrapy:scrapy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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