CVE-2020-4643 HIGH

CVE-2020-4643

Vendor Ibm
Product WebSphere Application Server
Published September 21, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 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. IBM X-Force ID: 185590.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 21, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated