CVE-2024-31573 (GCVE-0-2024-31573)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-17 19:04
VLAI
Summary
XMLUnit for Java before 2.10.0, in the default configuration, might allow code execution via an untrusted stylesheet (used for an XSLT transformation), because XSLT extension functions are enabled.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-669 - Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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XMLUnit XMLUnit for Java Affected: 2.0.0 , < 2.10.0 (semver)
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