CVE-2024-52800
Potential XXE (XML External Entity Injection) vulnerability in veraPDF CLI
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
veraPDF is an open source PDF/A validation library. Executing policy checks using custom schematron files via the CLI invokes an XSL transformation that may theoretically lead to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. This doesn't affect the standard validation and policy checks functionality, veraPDF's common use cases. Most veraPDF users don't insert any custom XSLT code into policy profiles, which are based on Schematron syntax rather than direct XSL transforms. For users who do, only load custom policy files from sources you trust. This issue has not yet been patched. Users are advised to be cautious of XSLT code until a patch is available.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Low2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Low2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected <= 1.26.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.verapdf:coreGHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:core-arlingtonGHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:core-jakartaGHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:libraryGHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:library-arlingtonGHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:library-jakartaGHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:verapdf-libraryGHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:verapdf-library-arlingtonGHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.verapdf:verapdf-library-jakartaGHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4cx5-89vm-833x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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