cvelistv5 - CVE-2023-38693

CVE-2023-38693 (GCVE-0-2023-38693)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-05 15:37 – Updated: 2025-03-06 21:58

Summary

Lucee Server (or simply Lucee) is a dynamic, Java based, tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. The Lucee REST endpoint is vulnerable to RCE via an XML XXE attack. This vulnerability is fixed in Lucee 5.4.3.2, 5.3.12.1, 5.3.7.59, 5.3.8.236, and 5.3.9.173.

Severity ?

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

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/lucee/Lucee/security/advisorie…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	lucee	Lucee	Affected: >= 5.4.0.0, < 5.4.3.2 Affected: >= 5.3.12.0, < 5.3.12.1 Affected: < 5.3.7.59 Affected: >= 5.3.8.0, < 5.3.8.236 Affected: >= 5.3.9.0, < 5.3.9.173

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FKIE_CVE-2023-38693

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-03-05 16:15 - Updated: 2025-03-05 16:15

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/lucee/Lucee/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrf

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GSD-2023-38693

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

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CVE-2023-38693

Aliases

CVE-2023-38693

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GHSA-VWJX-MMWM-PWRF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-05 18:31 – Updated: 2025-03-05 19:30

Summary

Lucee RCE/XXE Vulnerability

Details

Impact

The Lucee team received a responsible disclosure of a security vulnerability which affects all previous releases of Lucee.

After reviewing the report and confirming the vulnerability, the Lucee team then conducted a further security review and found additional vulnerabilities which have been addressed as part of this this security update.

Patches

Lucee 5.4.3.2 and 5.3.12.1 stable releases have been patched with additional hardening

The older releases, 5.3.7.59., 5.3.8.236 and 5.3.9.173 have also been patched

Any users running older release, should plan to immediately upgrade to the latest stable release

6.0 will have a RC as it's not yet released

Severity ?

10.0 (Critical)


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

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2023-38693 (GCVE-0-2023-38693)

FKIE_CVE-2023-38693

GSD-2023-38693

GHSA-VWJX-MMWM-PWRF

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