CVE-2025-33121 (GCVE-0-2025-33121)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-19 17:14
Modified
2025-08-24 11:45
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Summary
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5 through 7.5.0 Update Package 12 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
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7237317Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM QRadar SIEM Version: 7.5   ≤ 7.5.0 Update Pack 12
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.5.0:update_pack_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
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