What is CVE-2023-28152?

CVE-2023-28152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Independentsoft Jword, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-28152?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

XXE in Independentsoft Jword

CVE-2023-28152

An issue was discovered in Independentsoft JWord before 1.1.110. The API is prone to XML external entity (XXE) injection via a remote DTD in a DOCX file.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2023-03-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Independentsoft Jword

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

www.independentsoft.de/jword/index.html (Product)
excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2023-28152 (Third Party Advisory)
cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2023-28152

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28152?: CVE-2023-28152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Independentsoft Jword, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-28152?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.