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GHSA-47R3-3H3H-GH9W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-03-26 00:00 – Updated: 2022-04-05 00:01

Details

GE Gas Power ToolBoxST Version v04.07.05C suffers from an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability using the DTD parameter entities technique that could result in disclosure and retrieval of arbitrary data on the affected node via an out-of-band (OOB) attack. The vulnerability is triggered when input passed to the XML parser is not sanitized while parsing the XML project/template file.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2021-44477 (GCVE-0-2021-44477)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-25 18:02 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:38

Summary

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Assigner

icscert

References

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https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-2…

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GE Gas Power	ToolBoxST	Affected: unspecified , < 07.09.07C (custom)

Credits

Sharon Briznov of Claroty reported these vulnerabilities to GE.

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CVE-2021-44477 (GCVE-0-2021-44477)

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