7.5

CVE-2024-1892: scrapy

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-cc65-xxvf-f7r9PYSEC-2024-162UBUNTU-CVE-2024-1892
Published 28-02-2024Last modified 11-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-1892 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in scrapy. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.56%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-7476-1

Timeline

  1. 28-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the XMLFeedSpider class of the scrapy/scrapy project, specifically in the parsing of XML content. By crafting malicious XML content that exploits inefficient regular expression complexity used in the parsing process, an attacker can cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability allows for the system to hang and consume significant resources, potentially rendering services that utilize Scrapy for XML processing unresponsive.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.56% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.56%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (huntr.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Scrapy2 products
Debian1 product
  • python-scrapyAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.11.1-1
PyPI1 product
  • scrapy≥ 2, < 2.11.1 | < 1.8.4 | < 479619b340f197a8f24c5db45bc068fb8755f2c5 | < 2.11.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • python-scrapyAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.7.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 2.5.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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