GE Gas Power ToolBoxST Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-611Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01095 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ToolBoxST (GE Gas Power): 07.09.07C
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ToolBoxST (GE Gas Power) Fixed in 07.09.07C
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-44477
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-47r3-3h3h-gh9w
References
More GE Toolboxst vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01465 ToolboxST Deserialization of Untrusted Configuration Data CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-44477 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-44477 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-47r3-3h3h-gh9w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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