Bug 2252942 (CVE-2023-49093)

Summary: CVE-2023-49093 htmlunit: Feature for secure processing disabled in the XSLT processor
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
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A flaw was found in HTMLUnit. Fetching external resources may be possible for XSLT processors with the Feature for Secure Processing disabled (FSP), allowing code injection and arbitrary code execution. HTMLUnit is vulnerable to this type of attack by default.
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-12-05 11:31:20 UTC
HtmlUnit is a GUI-less browser for Java programs. HtmlUnit is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via XSTL, when browsing the attacker’s webpage. This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.9.0

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https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/security/advisories/GHSA-37vq-hr2f-g7h7
https://www.htmlunit.org/changes-report.html#a3.9.0