VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9691

CVSS score8.6 HIGH
EPSS probability1.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Description

IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 119515.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-611

Primary references