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.
History

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Scrapy
Scrapy scrapy
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:scrapy:scrapy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Scrapy
Scrapy scrapy

cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:12:07.961Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-16T00:15:12.387

Modified: 2025-07-28T14:49:45.790

Link: CVE-2024-3572

cve-icon Redhat

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