CVE-2024-45072

IBM WebSphere Application Server XML external entity injection

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Oct 16, 2024
Updated
Oct 16, 2024
Reserved
Aug 21, 2024

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Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Libm

Weaknesses

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Affected Products

ProductVersions
WebSphere Application ServerIBM
  • 8.5, 9.0Affected

References

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