Experts Detect Pakistan-Linked Cyber Campaigns Aimed at Indian Government Entities

Indian government entities have been targeted in two campaigns undertaken by a threat actor that operates in Pakistan using previously undocumented tradecraft. The campaigns have been codenamed Gopher Strike and Sheet Attack by Zscaler ThreatLabz, which identified them in September 2025. "While...

China-Linked Hackers Have Used the PeckBirdy JavaScript C2 Framework Since 2023

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a JScript-based command-and-control C2 framework called PeckBirdy that has been put to use by China-aligned APT actors since 2023 to target multiple environments. The flexible framework has been put to use against Chinese gambling industries and malicious...

PeckBirdy: A Versatile Script Framework for LOLBins Exploitation Used by China-aligned Threat Groups

PeckBirdy is a sophisticated JScript-based C&C framework used by China-aligned APT groups to exploit LOLBins across multiple environments, delivering advanced backdoors to target gambling industries and Asian government entities...

MiracleLinux 7 : pki-core-10.5.18-24.el7 (AXSA:2022-4313:05)

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2022-4313:05 advisory. pki-core: access to external entities when parsing XML can lead to XXE CVE-2022-2414 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

MiracleLinux 8 : pki-core:10.6 (AXSA:2022-4440:01)

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2022-4440:01 advisory. pki-core: access to external entities when parsing XML can lead to XXE CVE-2022-2414 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

MiracleLinux 8 : libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8.2 (AXSA:2021-2193:02)

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-2193:02 advisory. libxml2: Use-after-free in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal in entities.c CVE-2021-3516 libxml2: Heap-based buffer overflow in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal in...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Mark invalid entities with id UVCINVALIDENTITYID According to UVC 1.1+ specification 3.7.2, units and terminals must have a non-zero unique ID. Each unit and terminal within the video function is assigned a uniqu...

Missing XML Validation

Overview org.apache.struts:struts2-core is a popular open-source framework for developing web applications in the Java programming language. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing XML Validation. An attacker can access sensitive information or cause a denial of service by...

CVE-2023-25955

National land numerical information data conversion tool all versions improperly restricts XML external entity references XXE. By processing a specially crafted XML file, arbitrary files on the PC may be accessed by an attacker...

CVE-2018-1000011

Jenkins FindBugs Plugin 4.71 and earlier processes XML external entities in files it parses as part of the build process, allowing attackers with user permissions in Jenkins to extract secrets from the Jenkins master, perform server-side request forgery, or denial-of-service attacks...

CVE-2021-28684

The XML parser used in ConeXware PowerArchiver before 20.10.02 allows processing of external entities, which might lead to exfiltration of local files over the network via an XXE attack...

CVE-2024-34357

TYPO3 is an enterprise content management system. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to versions 9.5.48 ELTS, 10.4.45 ELTS, 11.5.37 LTS, 12.4.15 LTS, and 13.1.1, failing to properly encode user-controlled values in file entities, the ShowImageController eID txcmsshowpic is vulnerable to cross-si...

FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI on Thursday released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting entities in the country. "As of 2025, Kimsuky actors have targeted think tanks, academic...

CVE-2022-27193

CVRF-CSAF-Converter before 1.0.0-rc2 resolves XML External Entities XXE. This leads to the inclusion of arbitrary local file content into the generated output document. An attacker can exploit this to disclose information from the system running the converter...

HoneyMyte (aka Mustang Panda) Deploys ToneShell Backdoor in New Attacks

HoneyMyte Mustang Panda is back with a new ToneShell backdoor. Read how this stealthy attack blinds Microsoft Defender to target government entities in Asia...

phpMyFAQ has Stored XSS in user list via admin-managed display_name

Summary A stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in an administrator’s browser by registering a user whose display name contains HTML entities e.g., img .... When an administrator views the admin user list, the payload is decoded server-si...

EUVD-2025-203380

The Convercent Whistleblowing Platform operated by EQS Group exposes an unauthenticated API endpoint at /GetLegalEntity that returns internal customer legal-entity names based on a supplied searchText fragment. A remote unauthenticated attacker can query the endpoint using common legal-suffix ter...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2025-11700

N-central versions 2025.4 are vulnerable to multiple XML External Entities injection leading to information disclosure...

XML External Entity (XXE) Injection

Jenkins Semantic Versioning Plugin is vulnerable to XML External Entity XXE Injection. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of controller/agent messages and unrestricted parsing of attacker-controlled files containing external entities, allowing attackers controlling agent processes to...

WIRTE Leverages AshenLoader Sideloading to Install the AshTag Espionage Backdoor

An advanced persistent threat APT known as WIRTE has been attributed to attacks targeting government and diplomatic entities across the Middle East with a previously undocumented malware suite dubbed AshTag since 2020. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 is tracking the activity cluster under the name Ash...