CVE-2018-1421

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliances 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, and 7.6 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 139023.

Affected products

IBM DataPower Gateway 11.0.0: from 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.0.21; from 7.2.0.0 through 7.2.0.18; from 7.5.0.0 through 7.5.0.13; from 7.5.1.0 through 7.5.1.12; from 7.5.2.0 through 7.5.2.12; from 7.6.0.0 through 7.6.0.5

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015055
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139023
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015055
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139023

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