CVE-2023-45727 (GCVE-0-2023-45727)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-18 09:01 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05
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Summary
Proself Enterprise/Standard Edition Ver5.62 and earlier, Proself Gateway Edition Ver1.65 and earlier, and Proself Mail Sanitize Edition Ver1.08 and earlier allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. By processing a specially crafted request containing malformed XML data, arbitrary files on the server containing account information may be read by the attacker.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • XML external entities (XXE)
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North Grid Corporation Proself Enterprise/Standard Edition Affected: Ver5.62 and earlier
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