XML External Entity injection in OpenAM - CVE-2016-10097

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XML External Entity injection in OpenAM - CVE-2016-10097

Published: January 2, 2017 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39955
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10097
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenAM Consortium
Affected software:
OpenAM

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in /SSOPOST/metaAlias/%realm%/idpv2 in OpenAM - Access Management 10.1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the SAMLRequest parameter.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-10097

Install update from vendor's website.

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