CVE-2023-28009 (GCVE-0-2023-28009)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-26 19:38 – Updated: 2025-01-30 21:29
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Title
HCL Workload Automation is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection
Summary
HCL Workload Automation is vulnerable to an 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.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Assigner
HCL
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HCL Software Workload Automation Affected: <=9.5.0.6, 10.1.0.0
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