CVE-2016-0245

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-29 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The XML parser in IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.x before 8.0.0.1 CF20 and 8.5.x before 8.5.0.0 CF10 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Portal: 8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.5.0.0

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI56682
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21975358
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI56682
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21975358

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