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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2024-45086: IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability (CVE-2024-45086)

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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2024-45086: IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability (CVE-2024-45086)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/04/2024
Created
11/12/2024
Added
11/11/2024
Modified
11/11/2024

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-was-upgrade-8-5-0-0-8-5-5-27
  • ibm-was-upgrade-9-0-0-0-9-0-5-22

References

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