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CVE-2023-50168 (GCVE-0-2023-50168)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-14 15:40 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:09
VLAI
Summary
Pega Platform from 6.x to 8.8.4 is affected by an XXE issue with PDF Generation.
Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-15 16:32 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Pegasystems Pega Platform Affected: 6.x , < 8.8.5 (custom)
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Credits
Tomasz Stachowicz
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