CVE-2020-4643 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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. IBM X-Force ID: 185590.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Websphere Application Server

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185590
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6334311

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2020-09-21T17:10:13.402531Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:06:21.758Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-4643

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-21T17:15:13.490

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:33:02.000

Link: CVE-2020-4643

Redhat

No data.

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