cve-2020-4949
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-01-26 14:25
Modified
2024-09-17 03:33
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 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. IBM X-Force ID: 192025.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192025VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6408244Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192025VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6408244Patch, Vendor Advisory
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