CVE-2023-6280

XML External Entity Reference on 52North WPS

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: December 19, 2023 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:50 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorWps

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

Description

An XXE (XML External Entity) vulnerability has been detected in 52North WPS affecting versions prior to 4.0.0-beta.11. This vulnerability allows the use of external entities in its WebProcessingService servlet for an attacker to retrieve files by making HTTP requests to the internal network.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Wps · 52NORTH

95%

v < 4.0.0v < 4.0.0-beta.114.0.0 beta1 4.0.0 beta10 4.0.0 beta2 4.0.0 beta3 4.0.0 beta4 4.0.0 beta5 4.0.0 beta6 4.0.0 beta7 4.0.0 beta8 4.0.0 beta9

Affected range stops below 4.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.0.0-beta.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Third Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/xml-external-entity-reference-52north-wps

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-611

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