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CVE-2024-37388

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-37388 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting the ebookmeta.get_metadata function in lxml versions prior to 4.9.1, specifically impacting products like dnkorpushov ebookmeta. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.1, allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely access sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation (KEV) or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dnkorpushov:ebookmeta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ebookmetaFixed in: 1.2.8

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-hx54-pf28-7xchhigh

ebookmeta XML External Entity vulnerability

Jun 7, 2024

References

github.com / dnkorpushov/ebookmeta/issues/16
Issue Tracking