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high 7.5

CVE-2019-13358 in the critical feed json

lib/DocumentToText.php in OpenCats before 0.9.4-3 has XXE that allows remote users to read files on the underlying operating system.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-4859

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
24.3%
EPSS 24.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

lib/DocumentToText.php in OpenCats before 0.9.4-3 has XXE that allows remote users to read files on the underlying operating system. The attacker must upload a file in the docx or odt format.

Patch / fix

  • opencats opencats 0.9.4-3

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50316)

Exploit prediction

24.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50316 OpenCats 0.9.4-2 - 'docx ' XML External Entity Injection (XXE) webapps, 2021-09-22
  • doddsecurity.com https://doddsecurity.com/312/xml-external-entity-injection-xxe-in-opencats-applicant-tracking-system/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164253/OpenCats-0.9.4-2-XML-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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