CVE-2023-38693
CRITICALLucee < 5.4.3.2, 5.3.12.1, 5.3.7.59, 5.3.8.236, 5.3.9.173 - Remote Code Execution via XML External Entity Injection
Title source: llmDescription
Lucee Server (or simply Lucee) is a dynamic, Java based, tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. The Lucee REST endpoint is vulnerable to RCE via an XML XXE attack. This vulnerability is fixed in Lucee 5.4.3.2, 5.3.12.1, 5.3.7.59, 5.3.8.236, and 5.3.9.173.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/lucee/Lucee/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrf
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0076
EPSS Percentile
50.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-611
Status
published
Products (6)
lucee/Lucee
< 5.3.7.59
lucee/Lucee
>= 5.3.12.0, < 5.3.12.1
lucee/Lucee
>= 5.3.8.0, < 5.3.8.236
lucee/Lucee
>= 5.3.9.0, < 5.3.9.173
lucee/Lucee
>= 5.4.0.0, < 5.4.3.2
org.lucee/lucee
5.3.10.79-RC - 5.3.12.1Maven
Published
Mar 05, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026