CVE-2020-4949

8.2 highEPSS 4.8%

High (8.2) in ibm websphere application server. EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to an 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: 192025.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.2 high

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

EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-611
Published: 2021-01-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:websphere_application_server

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192025
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6408244
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192025
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6408244

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