CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-4462

8.2 HIGH Published 2020-07-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-07-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-611

Description

IBM Sterling External Authentication Server 6.0.1, 6.0.0, 2.4.3.2, and 2.4.2 and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.1, 6.0.0, 3.4.3, and 3.4.2 are 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: 181482.

Affected configurations

• ibm sterling external authentication server 2.4.2.0 • ibm sterling external authentication server 2.4.3.2 • ibm sterling external authentication server 6.0.0.0 • ibm sterling external authentication server 6.0.1.0 • ibm sterling secure proxy 3.4.2.0 • ibm sterling secure proxy 3.4.3.0 • ibm sterling secure proxy 6.0.0.0 • ibm sterling secure proxy 6.0.1.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References