XXE attack in IBM Content Foundation and IBM FileNet Content Manager - CVE-2018-1542

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XXE attack in IBM Content Foundation and IBM FileNet Content Manager - CVE-2018-1542

Published: July 9, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13606
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1542
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Content Foundation
IBM FileNet Content Manager

Detailed vulnerability description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform XXE attack.

The weakness exists due to an error when processing malicious XML data. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted XML External Entity (XXE) data to the target Administration Console for Content Platform Engine (ACCE) interface component to read files with elevated privileges or consume excessive memory and cause the service to crash.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-1542

The vulnerability is addressed in the versions 5.2.1.7, 5.5.1.

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