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CVE-2023-27554
IBM WebSphere Application Server XML external entity injection
Medium6.3EPSS 0.86%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
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 remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 249185.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L |
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.86% · top 41% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
IBM · WebSphere Application Server
- affected 8.5, 9.0
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6989451 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249185 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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