CVE-2023-49093: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

December 4, 2023

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

References

github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/security/advisories/GHSA-37vq-hr2f-g7h7
github.com/advisories/GHSA-37vq-hr2f-g7h7
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49093
www.htmlunit.org/changes-report.html

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