CVE-2018-5433
XML eXternal Entity Expansion Vulnerabilities with TIBCO Administrator
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- tibco
Description
The TIBCO Administrator server component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition, and TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux contains vulnerabilities wherein a malicious user could perform XML external entity expansion (XXE) attacks to disclose host machine information. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition: versions up to and including 5.10.0, and TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux: versions up to and including 5.9.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| tibcoCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- The impact of the vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility of disclosing contents of files on the host machine that are accessible to the system account used to run the affected component.
- CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs
Affected products
TIBCO Software Inc. · TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition
- affected unspecified – ≤ 5.10.0
TIBCO Software Inc. · TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux
- affected unspecified – ≤ 5.9.1
What to do
Solution: TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address these issues. For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions: TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition versions 5.10.0 and below update to version 5.10.1 or higher TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux versions 5.9.1 and below update to version 5.10.1 or higher.
References (2)
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2018/06/security-advisory-june-12-2018-tibco-administrator-enterprise-edition-2018-5433 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 104451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-5433)Record last updated .