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FKIE_CVE-2025-4044

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-19 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:32

Severity

8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in various Lexmark printer drivers for Windows allows attacker to disclose sensitive information to an arbitrary URL.

References

	URL	Tags
	7bc73191-a2b6-4c63-9918-753964601853	https://www.lexmark.com/en_us/solutions/security/lexmark-security-advisories.html

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2025-4044 (GCVE-0-2025-4044)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-19 13:12 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:48

Title

XML External Entity Injection vulnerability in various Lexmark Universal Drivers

Summary

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in various Lexmark printer drivers for Windows allows attacker to disclose sensitive information to an arbitrary URL.

Severity

8.2 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-08-20 03:56 UTC

CWE

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Assigner

Lexmark mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.lexmark.com/en_us/solutions/security/…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Lexmark	Universal Print Driver	Affected: 0 , < 3.0.6.0 (custom)
Lexmark	Printer Software G2	Affected: 0 , < 2.17.0.0 (custom)

Date Public

2025-08-18 16:00

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