CVE-2020-4462 HIGH

CVE-2020-4462

Vendor Ibm
Product Sterling Secure Proxy
Published July 16, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/S:U/AC:L/I:N/A:L/C:H/UI:N/PR:N/AV:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 16, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated