IBM WebSphere 8.5-24 XXE Injection (XML External Entity Attack): CVE-2024-22354 April 2024

IBM WebSphere Application Server XML external entity injection
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.5 are vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information, consume memory resources, or to conduct a server-side request forgery attack. IBM X-Force ID: 280401.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-22354 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:

NETWORK

Attack Complexity:

HIGH

Privileges Required:

NONE

User Interaction:

NONE

Scope:

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact:

HIGH

Integrity Impact:

LOW

Availability Impact:

LOW

Weakness Type

What is a XXE Vulnerability?

The software processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

CVE-2024-22354 has been classified to as a XXE vulnerability or weakness.

Products Associated with CVE-2024-22354

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IBM WebSphere Application Server

Affected Versions

Exploit Probability

EPSS

0.02%

Percentile

4.56%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.