VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-2798
Those using HtmlUnit to browse untrusted webpages may be vulnerable to Denial of service attacks (DoS).
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.91%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Those using HtmlUnit to browse untrusted webpages may be vulnerable to Denial of service attacks (DoS). If HtmlUnit is running on user supplied web pages, an attacker may supply content that causes HtmlUnit to crash by a stack overflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.This issue affects htmlunit before 2.70.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.91% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-787
- Affected
- htmlunit/htmlunit
- Source
- cve-coordination@google.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.