CVE-2019-13358
lib/DocumentToText.php in OpenCats before 0.9.4-3 has XXE that allows remote users to read files on the underlying operating system. The…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 24.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
lib/DocumentToText.php in OpenCats before 0.9.4-3 has XXE that allows remote users to read files on the underlying operating system. The attacker must upload a file in the docx or odt format.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- OpenCats 0.9.4-2 - 'docx ' XML External Entity Injection (XXE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50316webapps, phppublished 22 Sept 2021Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.3% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References4
- http://www.opencats.org/news/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/pull/440 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://doddsecurity.com/312/xml-external-entity-injection-xxe-in-opencats-applicant-tracking-system/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164253/OpenCats-0.9.4-2-XML-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-4859 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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