CVE-2024-36827: ebookmeta XML External Entity vulnerability

June 7, 2024 (updated March 31, 2025)

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the ebookmeta.get_metadata function of ebookmeta before v1.2.8 allows attackers to access sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted XML input.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-whf4-fpj8-pgg8
github.com/dnkorpushov/ebookmeta
github.com/dnkorpushov/ebookmeta/issues/16
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ebookmeta/PYSEC-2024-76.yaml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36827

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