High severity · published May 5, 2017
CVE-2016-9691
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data
8.6
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 119515.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WC
WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration · IBM Corporation
7.0.0. 7.5.0.0 · source: vendor
WC
Websphere Cast Iron Solution · Ibm
7.0.0; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.0.2; 7.5.0.0; 7.5.0.1; 7.5.1.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
WC
WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration
IBM Corporation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9691
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9691
Patch
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998014
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98338
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