CVE-2024-13971 (GCVE-0-2024-13971)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-30 12:11 – Updated: 2026-05-17 22:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Arbitrary File Read and Server Side Request Forgery via XML External Entities in Lobster_pro
Summary
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a weakness in the XML parser functionality of Lobster_pro prior to version 4.12.6-GA. This allows them to obtain read access to files on the application server and adjacent network shares, and perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary services.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-30 13:15 UTC
CWE
- CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobster GmbH | Lobster_pro |
Affected:
0 , < 4.12.6-GA
(custom)
Unaffected: 4.12.6-GA (custom) cpe:2.3:a:lobster_gmbh:lobster_pro:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* |
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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