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TI-2022-26617 Aliases GHSA-7r9x-qrpr-3cxw

mofh Vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Priority LOW 38CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

The `xml.etree.ElementTree` module that mofh used up until version `1.0.1` implements a simple and efficient API for parsing and creating XML data. But it makes the application vulnerable to: - [Billion Laughs attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_laughs_attack): It is a type of denial-of-service attack aimed at XML parsers. It uses multiple levels of nested entities. If one large entity is repeated with a couple of thousand chars repeatedly, the parser gets overwhelmed. - [Quadratic blowup attack](https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/xml-quadratic-blowup-denial-of-service-attack/): It is similar to a Billion Laughs attack. It abuses entity expansion, too. Instead of nested entities, it repeats one large entity with a couple of thousand chars repeatedly. The Problem has been patched starting from version `1.0.1` by utilising the `defusedxml` package instead of `xml.etree.ElementTree`. ### Workarounds For this vulnerability to be exploited the user must be using a custom API URL, which has to be manually given using the `api_url` argument, or MyOwnFreeHost's API must be hacked. So, if the user did not use a custom API URL they _should_ be fine, however, upgrading is still advised. Another workaround could be to call `defusedxml.defuse_stdlib()` before making any requests using the client.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed mofh (PyPI): 1.0.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—mofh (PyPI)before 1.0.11.0.1Patch availableGHSA-7r9x-qrpr-3cxw
  • mofh (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.0.1 Fixed in 1.0.1 Patch available GHSA-7r9x-qrpr-3cxw

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-7r9x-qrpr-3cxw mofh (PyPI) Fixed in 1.0.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-7r9x-qrpr-3cxw

References

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