01 Record
CVE-2021-20492
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
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/S:U/C:H/A:L/I:N/AC:H/PR:N/AV:N/UI:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
02 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
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
- 2.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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
- 2021-05-26 16:20Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 17:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-17
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/S:U/C:H/A:L/I:N/AC:H/PR:N/AV:N/UI:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b375a0488f1ff396105ce95cda14afca6cc9232a949142f17109bd4d1f7df318
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6456017
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-was-cve202120492-xxe (197793)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197793