CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-20453

8.2 HIGH Published 2021-04-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-04-20
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 WebSphere Application Server 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: 196648.

Affected configurations

• ibm websphere application server (>= 8.0.0.0 < 8.0.0.15) • ibm websphere application server (>= 8.5.0.0 < 8.5.5.20) • ibm websphere application server (>= 9.0.0.0 < 9.0.5.8)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References