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CVE-2023-0871

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0871 is an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability affecting OpenNMS Horizon versions 31.0.8 and earlier, as well as various OpenNMS Meridian versions. This flaw, located in the /rtc/post/ endpoint, allows attackers to force the affected system to make arbitrary HTTP requests to internal and external services. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, the vulnerability can be exploited over the adjacent network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. While there is minimal community discussion, OpenNMS recommends upgrading to Meridian 2023.1.6, 2022.1.19, 2021.1.30, 2020.1.38 or Horizon 32.0.2 or newer.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 32.0.0, < 32.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opennms:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opennms:horizon:31.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2020.0.0, < 2020.1.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opennms:meridian:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2021.0.0, < 2021.1.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opennms:meridian:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2022.1.0, < 2022.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opennms:meridian:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.opennms.core:org.opennms.core.xmlFixed in: 32.0.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-2qc8-r663-v864high

OpenNMS Horizon XXE Injection Vulnerability

Aug 11, 2023

References

docs.opennms.com / horizon/32/releasenotes/changelog.html
Release Notes
github.com / OpenNMS/opennms/pull/6355
Patch