CVE-2024-28109 HIGH

CVE-2024-28109: Potential XSLT injection vulnerability when using policy files

Vendor Verapdf
Product veraPDF-library
Weakness CWE-91 · XML injection
Published March 28, 2024
Last update August 2, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

veraPDF-library is a PDF/A validation library. Executing policy checks using custom schematron files invokes an XSL transformation that could lead to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 28, 2024 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated