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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVE-2019-3768

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

RSA Authentication Manager versions prior to 8.4 P7 contain an XML Entity Injection Vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to cause information disclosure of local system files by supplying specially crafted XML message.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Listed 4th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', XML External Entities (XXE) vulnerability allows attackers to provide an XML input that contains an external entity. When the XML is parsed, it can cause data extraction and manipulation, execution of commands, denial-of-service attacks, and server-side request forgery.

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  • Published