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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Quokka

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 30, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 16, 2024

Package

pip quokka (pip)

Affected versions

<= 0.4.0

Patched versions

None

Description

XML External Entities (XXE) in Quokka v0.4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the component 'quokka/utils/atom.py'.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 16, 2021
Reviewed Aug 26, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 30, 2021
Last updated Oct 16, 2024

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.667%
(80th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-18703

GHSA ID

GHSA-3xg5-6c3j-vp8x

Source code

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