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CVE-2021-20453

Published: Apr 20, 2021

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.2

HIGH

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a 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: 196648.

VendorProductVersions

IBM

WebSphere Application Server

affected
8.0
affected
8.5
affected
9.0

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/S:U/PR:N/UI:N/AC:L/I:N/C:H/A:L/AV:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U

Scope

Unchanged

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Attack Complexity

Low

Integrity

None

Confidentiality

High

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

References

ibm-was-cve202120453-xxe (196648)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF

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