CVE-2023-27554 - IBM WebSphere Application Server XML external entity injection

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CRITICAL

IBM WebSphere Application Server XML external entity injection

Published May 11, 2023

9.1

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.86%

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to an 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: 249185.

Affected products

Vendor IBM Product WebSphere Application Server Default
unaffected
- Version
  8.5, 9.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

IBM

WebSphere Application Server

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
8.5, 9.0	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-611

XXE

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249185
vdb-entryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6989451
vendor-advisoryPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249185		vdb-entryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6989451		vendor-advisoryPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published May 11, 2023

Updated Jan 24, 2025

Reserved Mar 2, 2023

Link CVE-2023-27554

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Jan 24, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2023-27554

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2023-27554