HIGH
IBM Business Process Manager 7.5, 8.0, and 8.5 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data
Published Sep 26, 2017
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.97%
Description
IBM Business Process Manager 7.5, 8.0, and 8.5 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 130156.
Affected products
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- Version 7.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7.5.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7.5.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7.5.1.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7.5.1.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0.1.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0.1.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.0.1.3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.0.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.6StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.6.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.6.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201606StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201609StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201612StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201703StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.5.7.CF201706StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| IBM | Business Process Manager Advanced | n/a |
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OR
- 7.5.0.0
- 7.5.0.0
- 7.5.0.0
- 7.5.0.0
- 7.5.0.1
- 7.5.0.1
- 7.5.0.1
- 7.5.0.1
- 7.5.1.0
- 7.5.1.0
- 7.5.1.0
- 7.5.1.0
- 7.5.1.1
- 7.5.1.1
- 7.5.1.1
- 7.5.1.1
- 7.5.1.2
- 7.5.1.2
- 7.5.1.2
- 7.5.1.2
- 8.0.0.0
- 8.0.0.0
- 8.0.0.0
- 8.0.0.0
- 8.0.1.0
- 8.0.1.0
- 8.0.1.0
- 8.0.1.0
- 8.0.1.1
- 8.0.1.1
- 8.0.1.1
- 8.0.1.1
- 8.0.1.2
- 8.0.1.2
- 8.0.1.2
- 8.0.1.2
- 8.0.1.3
- 8.0.1.3
- 8.0.1.3
- 8.0.1.3
- 8.5.0.0
- 8.5.0.0
- 8.5.0.0
- 8.5.0.0
- 8.5.0.1
- 8.5.0.1
- 8.5.0.1
- 8.5.0.1
- 8.5.0.2
- 8.5.0.2
- 8.5.0.2
- 8.5.0.2
- 8.5.5.0
- 8.5.5.0
- 8.5.5.0
- 8.5.5.0
- 8.5.6.0
- 8.5.6.0
- 8.5.6.0
- 8.5.6.0
- 8.5.6.1
- 8.5.6.1
- 8.5.6.1
- 8.5.6.1
- 8.5.6.2
- 8.5.6.2
- 8.5.6.2
- 8.5.6.2
- 8.5.7.0
- 8.5.7.0
- 8.5.7.0
- 8.5.7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.1 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.97% 0.01968
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01968
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 79.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 77.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.45% (0.00453) | 61.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00196) | 58.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 22, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00196) | 57.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00208) | 56.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 52.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 19, 2022 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 51.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 49.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 28.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 7.71% (0.07706) | 84.34th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 7.71% (0.07706) | 84.17th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 7.71% (0.07706) | 91.97th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 7.71% (0.07706) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (3)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007346 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100959 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130156 x_refsource_MISCVDB EntryVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007346 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100959 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130156 | x_refsource_MISCVDB EntryVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner ibm
Published Sep 26, 2017
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Nov 30, 2016
Link CVE-2017-1527
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a