CVE-2025-12531 (GCVE-0-2025-12531)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-03 19:47
Modified
2025-11-03 20:15
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Summary
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.0.0 through 11.7.1.6 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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM InfoSphere Information Server Version: 11.7.0.0   ≤ 11.7.1.6
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.7.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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