Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2022 · Assigned by icscert

CVE-2021-44477GE Gas Power ToolBoxST Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity XML external entity in ToolBoxST from GE Gas Power. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

GE Gas Power ToolBoxST Version v04.07.05C suffers from an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability using the DTD parameter entities technique that could result in disclosure and retrieval of arbitrary data on the affected node via an out-of-band (OOB) attack. The vulnerability is triggered when input passed to the XML parser is not sanitized while parsing the XML project/template file.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
GE Gas Power	ToolBoxST	unspecified – before 07.09.07C

Weakness: CWE-611 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-025-01 x_refsource_CONFIRM