Description
The scrapy/scrapy project is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to the use of lxml.etree.fromstring for parsing untrusted XML data without proper validation. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform denial of service attacks, access local files, generate network connections, or circumvent firewalls by submitting specially crafted XML data.
Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| scrapy | scrapy/scrapy | affected |
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
 EUVD |
EUVD-2024-0557 | The scrapy/scrapy project is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to the use of lxml.etree.fromstring for parsing untrusted XML data without proper validation. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform denial of service attacks, access local files, generate network connections, or circumvent firewalls by submitting specially crafted XML data. |
 Github GHSA |
GHSA-7j7m-v7m3-jqm7 | Scrapy decompression bomb vulnerability |
 Ubuntu USN |
USN-7476-1 | Scrapy vulnerabilities |
References
History
Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared |
Scrapy
Scrapy scrapy |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:scrapy:scrapy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Scrapy
Scrapy scrapy |
MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: @huntr_ai
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-01T20:12:07.961Z
Reserved: 2024-04-10T09:54:09.923Z
Link: CVE-2024-3572
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-08-01T20:12:07.961Z
NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-04-16T00:15:12.387
Modified: 2025-07-28T14:49:45.790
Link: CVE-2024-3572
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Weaknesses