CVE-2023-42344

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

2.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 83.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-28.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-08 00:00Z5 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-08 14:36Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-09-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2f5db7f1fa3df965b7de5dcec12a618741ee318100804ad5ccf43df216069d48

• labs.watchtowr.comhttps://labs.watchtowr.com/xxe-you-can-depend-on-me-opencms/
• github.comhttps://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/issues/8864exploit