CVE-2021-38948 HIGH

CVE-2021-38948

Vendor Ibm
Product InfoSphere Information Server
Published November 2, 2021
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 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: 211402.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 2, 2021 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated