Opencrx
CVE-2023-46502
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A02:2025 - Security Misconfiguration
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration XML external entity prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An issue in openCRX v.5.2.2 allows a remote attacker to read internal files and execute server side request forgery attack via insecure DocumentBuilderFactory. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability could allow attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in maven
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. An issue in openCRX v.5.2.2 allows a remote attacker to read internal files and execute server side request forgery attack via insecure DocumentBuilderFactory. Affected products include: Opencrx.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue in openCRX v.5.2.2 allows a remote attacker to read internal files and execute server side request forgery attack via insecure DocumentBuilderFactory.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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EPSS
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
XML External Entity (XXE) attacks exploit XML parsers that process Document Type Definitions (DTDs) without proper restrictions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
CRIXP OpenCRX version 4.30 and 5.0-20200717 and prior suffers from an unverified password change vulnerability. Rated cr
OpenCRX version 5.2.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection via the Product Configuration Name Field. Rated medium severity (C
OpenCRX version 5.2.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection via Activity Milestone Name Field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1
OpenCRX version 5.2.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection via the Category Creation Name Field. Rated medium severity (CVSS
OpenCRX version 5.2.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection via the Accounts Name Field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), thi
OpenCRX version 5.2.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection via Activity Saved Search Creation. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.
OpenCRX version 5.2.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection via the Accounts Group Name Field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1
OpenCRX version 5.2.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection via Product Name Field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vul
OpenCRX version 5.2.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection via the Activity Search Criteria-Activity Number. Rated medium sev
openCRX 5.2.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Name field after creation of
OpenCRX before v5.2.2 was discovered to be vulnerable to password enumeration due to the difference in error messages re
In OpenCRX, versions v4.0.0 through v5.1.0 are vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS), due to unsanitized pa
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