CVE-2021-20353 - 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 or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 194882.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

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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	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/194882
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6413709
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-174/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2021-02-10T17:00:19.962088Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:13:58.804Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-20353

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-02-10T17:15:22.333

Modified: 2021-02-11T23:03:39.650

Link: CVE-2021-20353

Redhat

No data.

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