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CVE-2023-38693: Lucee RCE/XXE Vulnerability

March 5, 2025

The Lucee team received a responsible disclosure of a security vulnerability which affects all previous releases of Lucee.

After reviewing the report and confirming the vulnerability, the Lucee team then conducted a further security review and found additional vulnerabilities which have been addressed as part of this this security update.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrf
  • github.com/lucee/Lucee
  • github.com/lucee/Lucee/security/advisories/GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrf
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38693

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 5.3.10.79-RC before 5.3.12.1, all versions starting from 5.4.0.65-RC before 5.4.3.2, all versions starting from 5.3.8.132-RC before 5.3.8.236, all versions starting from 5.3.9.113 before 5.3.9.173, all versions up to 5.3.7.59

Fixed versions

  • 5.3.12.1
  • 5.4.3.2
  • 5.3.8.236
  • 5.3.9.173

Solution

Upgrade to versions 5.3.12.1, 5.3.8.236, 5.3.9.173, 5.4.3.2 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

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

Source file

maven/org.lucee/lucee/CVE-2023-38693.yml

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