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CVE-2023-39020 — Code injection in...

CRITICAL

Code injection in stanford-parser

Published July 28, 2023Updated September 5, 2024Source: osv

Summary

stanford-parser v3.9.2 and below was discovered to contain a code injection vulnerability in the component edu.stanford.nlp.io.getBZip2PipedInputStream. This vulnerability is exploited via passing an unchecked argument.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published July 28, 2023 (1172 days ago).
  • Last revised September 5, 2024 — 405 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven
Update edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-parser to 4.5.5 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 4.5.5 for edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-parser -->

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: maven (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-parser
maven
2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+13 more)4.5.5

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-39020?
Code injection in stanford-parser This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2023-39020?
CVE-2023-39020 affects edu.stanford.nlp:stanford-parser. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2023-39020 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-353m-jh2m-72v4

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