CVE-2021-27777 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerabilities occur when poorly configured XML parsers process user supplied input without sufficient validation. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate XML content and inject malicious external entity references.

Published: 2022-05-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

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Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HCL Software

HCL Unica

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`12 and below`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:unica:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-14518	XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerabilities occur when poorly configured XML parsers process user supplied input without sufficient validation. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate XML content and inject malicious external entity references.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.003.

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0097124

History

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Hcltech Unica

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2022-05-12T21:25:31.294Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:31:23.448Z

Reserved: 2021-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27777

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-12T22:15:12.067

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:58:32.720

Link: CVE-2021-27777

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Weaknesses

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