VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-20492

CVSS score8.2 HIGH
EPSS probability2.07%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, 9.0, and Liberty Java Batch 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: 197793.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-611

Primary references