vulnerability

IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2020-4643: WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to an information exposure vulnerability (CVE-2020-4643)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 21, 2020
Added
Sep 21, 2020
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 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. IBM X-Force ID: 185590.

Solutions

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