CVE-2023-28008 (GCVE-0-2023-28008)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-26 19:24 – Updated: 2025-01-30 21:29
VLAI?
Title
HCL Workload Automation is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection
Summary
HCL Workload Automation 9.4, 9.5, and 10.1 are 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 ?
7.1 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCL Software | Workload Automation |
Affected:
<=9.5.0.6, 10.1.0.0
|
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