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CVE-2023-38693

9.8 criticalEPSS 0.8%

Critical (9.8). EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.lucee:lucee 5.3.12.1, 5.3.8.236, 5.3.9.173.

Lucee Server (or simply Lucee) is a dynamic, Java based, tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. The Lucee REST endpoint is vulnerable to RCE via an XML XXE attack. This vulnerability is fixed in Lucee 5.4.3.2, 5.3.12.1, 5.3.7.59, 5.3.8.236, and 5.3.9.173.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 57% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-611
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrfMavenorg.lucee:lucee>=5.3.10.79-RC <5.3.12.15.3.12.1
GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrfMavenorg.lucee:lucee>=5.4.0.65-RC <5.4.3.25.4.3.2
GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrfMavenorg.lucee:lucee<=5.3.7.59no fix published
GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrfMavenorg.lucee:lucee>=5.3.8.132-RC <5.3.8.2365.3.8.236
GHSA-vwjx-mmwm-pwrfMavenorg.lucee:lucee>=5.3.9.113 <5.3.9.1735.3.9.173

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