Is CVE-2024-21796 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-21796 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-21796?

CVE-2024-21796 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-21796?

CVE-2024-21796 has an EPSS score of 0.19% (9th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21796?

Upgrade electronic deliverables creation support tool to 1.0.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-21796

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Electronic Deliverables Creation Support Tool (Construction Edition) prior to Ver1.0.4 and Electronic Deliverables Creation Support Tool (Design & Survey Edition) prior to Ver1.0.4 improperly restrict XML external entity references (XXE). By processing a specially crafted XML file, arbitrary files on the system may be read by an attacker.

CWE-611XML External Entity (XXE)

How to fix

Remediation Available

electronic deliverables creation support toolNVD

Affected:< 1.0.4Fixed in:1.0.4CVE-2024-21796derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

9thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 9% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

jvn.jp

Product1

dfeg.mod.go.jp

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-611 (XML External Entity (XXE)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-34102	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-9670	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-28219	Critical	9.8	97%	-	-
CVE-2024-22024	High	8.3	95%	-	-
CVE-2024-38653	High	7.5	92%	-	-
CVE-2017-12629	Critical	9.8	92%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.