CVE-2021-20492
Published May 26, 2021
Last updated 3 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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
- 6.5
- Impact score
- 4.2
- Exploitability score
- 2.2
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "E596AE8A-34AD-43F3-A97E-DC79CE517C8B",
"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"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "B696CA91-7973-4F4F-8A82-6E8EF936F488",
"versionEndIncluding": "21.0.0.5",
"versionStartIncluding": "17.0.0.3"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]