CVE-2021-20454
Published Apr 21, 2021
Last updated 4 years ago
Overview
- Description
- IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a 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: 196649.
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.2
- Impact score
- 4.2
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 8.2
- Impact score
- 4.2
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.4
- Impact score
- 4.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-611
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "3246A896-3182-45AB-9E11-8698E1ED63B3",
"versionEndIncluding": "7.0.0.45",
"versionStartIncluding": "7.0.0.0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "649C4DF7-510A-4C9B-A428-94DD59099E72",
"versionEndIncluding": "8.0.0.15",
"versionStartIncluding": "8.0.0.0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "F421D853-4015-4375-AD38-E2E95CA51676",
"versionEndIncluding": "8.5.5.19",
"versionStartIncluding": "8.5.0.0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "EFF7A009-A535-4991-BAF8-2F29E9E453B3",
"versionEndIncluding": "9.0.5.7",
"versionStartIncluding": "9.0.0.0"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]