CVE-2023-27554

MEDIUM

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.0.0-8.5.5.23 - XML External Entity Injection

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6989451

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249185

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-611

Status published

Products (1)

ibm/websphere_application_server 8.5.0.0 - 8.5.5.24

Published May 11, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026