CVE-2024-49781 HIGH

CVE-2024-49781: IBM OpenPages XML external entity injection

Vendor Ibm
Product OpenPages with Watson
Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published February 20, 2025
Last update August 15, 2025
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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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 IBM OpenPages 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 20, 2025 CVE published
August 15, 2025 Record updated