CVE-2022-40747 (GCVE-0-2022-40747)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-05 13:32
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Summary
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 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: 236584."
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • XML External Entity Injection
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a IBM InfoSphere Information Server Affected: 11.7
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