CVE-2016-8526 (GCVE-0-2016-8526)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-06 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
VLAI
Summary
Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to an XML external entities (XXE). XXEs are a way to permit XML parsers to access storage that exist on external systems. If an unprivileged user is permitted to control the contents of XML files, XXE can be used as an attack vector. Because the XML parser has access to the local filesystem and runs with the permissions of the web server, it can access any file that is readable by the web server and copy it to an external system of the attacker's choosing. This could include files that contain passwords, which could then lead to privilege escalation.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • XML External Entity Vulnerability
Assigner
hpe CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 56/100 over 392 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96495 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-P… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41482/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba AirWave Affected: all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1
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Date Public
2017-01-18 00:00
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