CVE-2025-44044

HIGH

Keyoti SearchUnit < 9.0.0 - XML External Entity Injection

Title source: llm

Description

Keyoti SearchUnit prior to 9.0.0. is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE). An attacker who can force a vulnerable SearchUnit host into parsing maliciously crafted XML and/or DTD files can exfiltrate some files from the underlying operating system.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Various Sources

https://keyoti.com/products/search/dotNetWeb/HtmlHelp9/?topic=UserGuide/Release%20Notes.htm

Various Sources

https://www.sprocketsecurity.com/blog/cve-alert-cve-2025-44043-cve-2025-44044-the-search-bar-hacks-arent-dead-yet

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0034

EPSS Percentile 26.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-611

Status published

Published Jun 10, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026