CVE-2016-0288

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

IBM Security AppScan Standard 8.7.x, 8.8.x, and 9.x before 9.0.3.2 and Security AppScan Enterprise allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected products

IBM Corporation AppScan Enterprise: 8.7.0.0, 8.7.0.1, 8.8.0.0, 9.0.0.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1.0 (+5)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980055
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035927
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980055
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035927

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