cvelistv5 - CVE-2023-27554

CVE-2023-27554

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-05-11 19:25

Modified

2024-08-02 12:16

Severity ?

6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server XML external entity injection

References

▼	URL	Tags
	psirt@us.ibm.com	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249185	VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
	psirt@us.ibm.com	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6989451	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	IBM	WebSphere Application Server

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