PT-2018-14767 · Ibm · Ibm Websphere Application Server

Benoit Côté-Jodoin · Published 2018-11-26 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1905

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.9

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to exploit the vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources through a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.

Recommendations For IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.9, update to a version that is not affected by this issue to prevent XXE attacks.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1905

Affected Products

Ibm Websphere Application Server

References · 5

• https://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10738721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1905 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152534 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1905 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106030 · Note