CVE-2021-41770 (GCVE-0-2021-41770)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-07 06:24 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Ping Identity PingFederate before 10.3.1 mishandles pre-parsing validation, leading to an XXE attack that can achieve XML file disclosure.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
Ping Identity
CNA
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloa… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingfederate… | x_refsource_MISC |
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