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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2024-36827

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.

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CVE-2024-36827
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7 Nov 2026, 19:38 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2024-36827

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jun 2024, 00:00 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2024-36827
Complete source record
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    "summary": "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.",
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