CVE-2024-13971

7.5 HIGH

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a weakness in the XML parser functionality of Lobster_pro prior to version 4.12.6-GA

Published: 2026-04-30 · Last updated: 2026-05-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-611

Affected products

Vendor	Product
lobster-world	lobster_pro

Description

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a weakness in the XML parser functionality of Lobster_pro prior to version 4.12.6-GA. This allows them to obtain read access to files on the application server and adjacent network shares, and perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary services.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13971
[Exploit reference]https://www.schutzwerk.com/en/blog/schutzwerk-sa-2024-005/
[Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/May/1

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