PT-2020-18179 · Ibm · Ibm Websphere Application Server

Kylinking · Published 2020-09-21 · Updated 2020-09-24 · CVE-2020-4643

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 7.0 through 9.0

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to expose sensitive information through an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.

Recommendations For versions 7.0 through 9.0, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent XXE attacks.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-4643

Affected Products

Ibm Websphere Application Server

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4643 · Security Note
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6334311 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4643 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185590 · Vendor Advisory