CVE-2015-7461

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in IBM Connections 3.0.1.1 and earlier, 4.0, 4.5, and 5.0 before CR4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data. IBM X-Force ID: 108357.

Vulnerabilidad de XEE (XML External Entity) en las versiones 3.0.1.1 y anteriores, 4.0, 4.5 y versiones 5.0 anteriores a CR4 de 3.0.1.1 de IBM Connections permite que usuarios autenticados remotos provoquen una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) mediante datos XML manipulados. IBM X-Force ID: 108357.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-09-29 CVE Reserved
2018-03-20 CVE Published
2024-01-28 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980518	2018-04-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108357	2018-04-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Connections Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Connections"				<= 3.0.1.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Connections" and version " <= 3.0.1.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Connections Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Connections"				4.0.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Connections" and version "4.0.0.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Connections Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Connections"				4.5.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Connections" and version "4.5.0.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Connections Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Connections"				5.0.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Connections" and version "5.0.0.0"		-		Affected