CVE-2024-3572

XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in scrapy/scrapy

Published: Apr 16, 2024Updated: Jul 28, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-409

7.5HIGH

Description

The scrapy/scrapy project is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to the use of lxml.etree.fromstring for parsing untrusted XML data without proper validation. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform denial of service attacks, access local files, generate network connections, or circumvent firewalls by submitting specially crafted XML data.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-409

Affected Products

scrapy

oss-project·USaka scrapy/scrapy

scrapy/scrapyLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

scrapyLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

PyPI

package-ecosystem

scrapy

OSS Libraries

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://huntr.com/bounties/c4a0fac9-0c5a-4718-9ee4-2d06d58adabb

huntr.com

https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/commit/809bfac4890f75fc73607318a04d2ccba71b3d9f

github.com

https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/security/advisories/GHSA-7j7m-v7m3-jqm7

github.com

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