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CVE-2018-8819 (GCVE-0-2018-8819)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-14 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 07:02
VLAI
Summary
An XXE issue was discovered in Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) WebCTRL Versions 6.0, 6.1 and 6.5. An unauthenticated attacker could enter malicious input to WebCTRL and a weakly configured XML parser will allow the application to disclose full file contents from the underlying web server OS via the "X-Wap-Profile" HTTP header.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-06-07 00:00
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