CVE-2024-13971 PUBLISHED

Arbitrary File Read and Server Side Request Forgery via XML External Entities in Lobster_pro

Assigner: SCHUTZWERK
Reserved: 03.07.2025 Published: 30.04.2026 Updated: 30.04.2026

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a weakness in the XML parser functionality of Lobster_pro prior to version 4.12.6-GA. This allows them to obtain read access to files on the application server and adjacent network shares, and perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary services.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y/V:C
CVSS Score: 7.7

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	Low	Confidentiality	High
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Lobster GmbH
Product	Lobster_pro
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to 4.12.6-GA (excl.) Version 4.12.6-GA is unaffected

Solutions

Update to Lobster_pro release 4.12.6-GA or higher.

Credits

Marcelo Reyes of SCHUTZWERK GmbH finder

References

https://www.schutzwerk.com/en/blog/schutzwerk-sa-2024-005/

Problem Types

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-497 File Discovery
CAPEC-664 Server Side Request Forgery