CVE-2023-28152 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Independentsoft JWord before 1.1.110. The API is prone to XML external entity (XXE) injection via a remote DTD in a DOCX file.

Published: 2023-03-24

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:independentsoft:jword:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-31863	An issue was discovered in Independentsoft JWord before 1.1.110. The API is prone to XML external entity (XXE) injection via a remote DTD in a DOCX file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00388.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2023-28152
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2023-28152
https://www.independentsoft.de/jword/index.html

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2023-28152

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Independentsoft Jword

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T16:02:47.522Z

Reserved: 2023-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28152

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:30:24.337Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-24T16:15:08.673

Modified: 2025-05-30T16:15:34.307

Link: CVE-2023-28152

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-611

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