# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xhw9-wr24-m88v

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27142 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Toshiba Tec e-Studio multi-function peripheral (MFP). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27142/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27142/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27142
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27142
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27142

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27142/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.