CVE-2023-28152 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in Independentsoft JWord before 1.1.110. The API is prone to XML external entity (XXE) injection via a remote DTD in a DOCX file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Independentsoft	Jword

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2023-28152
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2023-28152
https://www.independentsoft.de/jword/index.html

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2023-28152

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T16:02:47.522Z

Reserved: 2023-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28152

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:30:24.337Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-24T16:15:08.673

Modified: 2025-05-30T16:15:34.307

Link: CVE-2023-28152

Redhat

No data.

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