CVE-2024-27142 Pre-authenticated XXE injection
An attacker can exploit a pre-authenticated XXE vulnerability in Toshiba Tec MFPs to cause denial of service and retrieve sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-27142?
CVE-2024-27142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Toshiba Tec e-Studio multi-function peripheral (MFP), published on 14 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Toshiba printers use XML communication for the API endpoint provided by the printer. For the endpoint, XML parsing library is used and it is vulnerable to a time-based blind XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. An attacker can DoS the printers. An attacker can exploit the XXE to retrieve information. As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL.
Weakness: CWE-776
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27142?
How do I fix CVE-2024-27142?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27142 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-27142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhw9-wr24-m88v.