XML External Entity injection in Ixia Vision Product Family - CVE-2025-24521

 

XML External Entity injection in Ixia Vision Product Family - CVE-2025-24521

Published: March 5, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU105352
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24521
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Keysight Technologies
Affected software:
Ixia Vision Product Family

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote administrator can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-24521

Install updates from vendor's website.

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