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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2021-20453: WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) Injection vulnerability (CVE-2021-20453)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 20, 2021
Added
Jul 2, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a 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: 196648.

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