XML External Entity injection in Operations Agent - CVE-2019-17085
Published: November 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22835
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17085
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Micro Focus
Affected software:
Operations Agent
Operations Agent
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct an XML External Entity (XXE) attack on a targeted system
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote authenticated attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and conduct an XXE attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17085
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.