CVE-2021-20353

published 2021-02-10

CVE-2021-20353: 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…

Priority P3 51 high 8.2 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A L

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	>= 7.0.0.0 < 7.0.0.45	7.0.0.45
ibm	websphere_application_server	>= 8.0.0.0 < 8.0.0.15	8.0.0.15
ibm	websphere_application_server	>= 8.5.0.0 < 8.5.5.20	8.5.5.20
ibm	websphere_application_server	>= 9.0.0.0 < 9.0.5.7	9.0.5.7

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 8.2 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

nvd v3.0 8.2 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

nvd v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

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