9.8

CVE-2023-49093: htmlunit Code Injection

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-49093GHSA-37vq-hr2f-g7h7
Published 04-12-2023Last modified 10-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-49093 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in htmlunit. EPSS estimates a 2.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.36%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
USN-8220-1

Timeline

  1. 04-12-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HtmlUnit is a GUI-less browser for Java programs. HtmlUnit is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via XSTL, when browsing the attacker’s webpage. This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.9.0

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 2.38% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Htmlunit

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Htmlunit1 product
Org.htmlunit1 product
  • htmlunit< 3.9.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • htmlunit< 2.8-1ubuntu2.1+esm1 | < 2.8-3ubuntu1+esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

7 links