CVE-2023-38693 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-38693: RCE in Lucee REST endpoint

Vendor Lucee
Product Lucee
Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published March 5, 2025
Last update March 6, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 5, 2025 CVE published
March 6, 2025 Record updated