CVE-2021-20492

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, 9.0, and Liberty Java Batch is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data

Medium · published May 26, 2021

CVSS v3.0
6.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, 9.0, and Liberty Java Batch 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. IBM X-Force ID: 197793.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/S:U/C:H/A:L/I:N/AC:H/PR:N/AV:N/UI:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02071 · 81.3th percentile
Published
2021-05-26T16:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 MAY 16:20Z
    IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, 9.0, and Liberty Java Batch is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data
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