VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-9352

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-02-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. Unauthenticated exploitation of blind XXE can occur in the downloadWSDL feature by sending a POST request to /tools/developerConsoleOperations.jsp with a valid payload in the _transaction parameter. NOTE: the documentation states "These tools are, by default, available to anyone ... so they should only be deployed into a trusted environment. Alternately, the tools can easily be restricted to administrators or end users by protecting the tools path with normal authentication and authorization mechanisms on the web server."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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