Vulnerability CVE-2021-20454


Published: 2021-04-21

Description:
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 196649.

Type:

CWE-611

(Information Exposure Through XML External Entity Reference)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Partial
Affected software
IBM -> Websphere application server 

 References:
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196649
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445481

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