CVE-2020-4246 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

71%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

70%

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 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: 175481.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 4 years ago

2020-05-28 15:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-05-28 18:12:00

Affected Software

IBM Security Identity Governance And Intelligence 5.2.6

5.2.6

References

ibm-sig-cve20204246-xxe (175481)

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6207902

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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