CVE-2023-27874 | IBM Aspera Faspex 4.4.2 is vulnerable to an XML external ent… | CVSS 9.9 CRITICAL

Description

IBM Aspera Faspex 4.4.2 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force ID: 249845.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2023-27874
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 2023-03-06 20:01 UTC
Published: 2023-03-21 14:33 UTC
Last updated: 2025-02-26 16:50 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-611
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Referenc…
Vendor / Product: IBM / Aspera Faspex
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
IBM	Aspera Faspex	—	4.4.2

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-611	cna	CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.9	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)