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01 Record

CVE-2020-4509

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 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

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/PR:H/UI:N/A:L/S:C/AC:L/I:N/AV:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U

02 Description

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 74.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-06-04 13:35Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 18:44Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-12-30
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.6)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/PR:H/UI:N/A:L/S:C/AC:L/I:N/AV:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
Weaknesses
  • CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
c4b02e7a694105e3d5ba76f70b7ddd2338297c1f9409eebd20f85f88e63ca1d5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMQRadar SIEM7.3, 7.4—

06 References