Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-4462 - XXE vulnerability in IBM products

Summary

IBM Sterling External Authentication Server 6.0.1, 6.0.0, 2.4.3.2, and 2.4.2 and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.1, 6.0.0, 3.4.3, and 3.4.2 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 or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 181482.

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

• CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

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