Medium severity · published Aug 11, 2023
CVE-2023-0871
An XML External Entity injection vulnerability
6.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XXE injection in /rtc/post/ endpoint in OpenMNS Horizon 31.0.8 and versions earlier than 32.0.2 on multiple platforms is vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) injection, which can be used for instance to force Horizon to make arbitrary HTTP requests to internal and external services. The solution is to upgrade to Meridian 2023.1.6, 2022.1.19, 2021.1.30, 2020.1.38 or Horizon 32.0.2 or newer. Meridian and Horizon installation instructions state that they are intended for installation within an organization's private networks and should not be directly accessible from the Internet. OpenNMS thanks Erik Wynter and Moshe Apelbaum for reporting this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HO
Horizon · The OpenNMS Group
31.0.8 before 32.0.2 · source: vendor, NVD
ME
Meridian · The OpenNMS Group
2023.0.0 before 2023.1.6; 2022.0.0 before 2022.1.19; 2021.0.0 before 2021.1.30; 2020.0.0 before 2020.1.38 · source: vendor, NVD
Affected product
HO
Horizon
The OpenNMS Group
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