01 Record
CVE-2024-4690
Insecure usage for DocumentBuilderFactory and TransformerFactory in OpenText Application Automation Tools
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: OpenText
CNA base score5.1 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green
02 Description
Insecure usage for DocumentBuilderFactory and TransformerFactory in OpenText Application Automation Tools
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-10-16 16:41Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-10-16 18:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-05-09
- Assigning CNA
- OpenText
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9ece00f931eb0797483719da6f0e6e2c71ea7cbfffdbd3847c8416ed9736f8a8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- portal.microfocus.comhttps://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000033548?language=en_US
07 Remediation
Upgrade to version 24.2 or above of OpenText Application Automation Tools addresses this vulnerability: