CVE-2018-25142 (GCVE-0-2018-25142)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-24 19:27 – Updated: 2025-12-24 20:25
VLAI?
Title
NovaRad NovaPACS Diagnostics Viewer 8.5 XML External Entity Injection
Summary
NovaRad NovaPACS Diagnostics Viewer 8.5.19.75 contains an unauthenticated XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in XML preference import settings. Attackers can craft malicious XML files with DTD parameter entities to retrieve arbitrary system files through an out-of-band channel attack.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NovaRad Corporation NovaPACS Diagnostics Viewer Affected: 8.5.19.75
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Credits
LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab
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