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CVE-2024-3572

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-04-16
  • Fixed in2.11.1 · 1.8.4
  • WeaknessCWE-409

Am I affected?

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Description

The scrapy/scrapy project is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to the use of lxml.etree.fromstring for parsing untrusted XML data without proper validation. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform denial of service attacks, access local files, generate network connections, or circumvent firewalls by submitting specially crafted XML data.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-04-1600:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-28 15:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-3572?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-3572?format=csv
  • TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
  • The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.

Versions per branch

NVD · CISA-ADP · OSV
Scrapy
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.11< 2.11.12.11.1
2.x≥ 2.0.0, < 2.11.12.11.1
1.8< 1.8.41.8.4

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Scrapy to 2.11.1 · 1.8.4

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2024-04-18
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.07.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-409read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.8 %2026-10-26
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2024-04-16
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-3572?

The scrapy/scrapy project is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to the use of lxml.etree.fromstring for parsing untrusted XML data without proper validation. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform denial of service attacks, access local files, generate network connections, or circumvent firewalls by submitting specially crafted XML data.

Is CVE-2024-3572 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-3572, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-3572?

CVE-2024-3572 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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