CVE-2023-26119 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Versions of the package net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit from 0 and before 3.0.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via XSTL, when browsing the attacker’s webpage.

Published: 2023-04-03

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.0.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:htmlunit:htmlunit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-1944	Versions of the package net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit from 0 and before 3.0.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via XSTL, when browsing the attacker’s webpage.
Github GHSA	GHSA-3xrr-7m6p-p7xh	HtmlUnit Code Injection vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02513.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/commit/641325bbc84702dc9800ec7037aec061ce21956b
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-NETSOURCEFORGEHTMLUNIT-3252500
https://siebene.github.io/2022/12/30/HtmlUnit-RCE/

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Htmlunit Htmlunit

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2023-04-03T05:00:02.503Z

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:14:02.638Z

Reserved: 2023-02-20T10:28:48.923Z

Link: CVE-2023-26119

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:39:06.613Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-03T05:15:07.863

Modified: 2026-10-08T22:17:23.163

Link: CVE-2023-26119

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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