XXE in IBM Infosphere Guardium
CVE-2012-3340
IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 is vulnerable to XML external entity injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 78291.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Infosphere Guardium — versions 8.01, 8.0, 8.2
- IBM Infosphere Guardium — versions 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78291 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-3340?
- CVE-2012-3340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Guardium, classified under Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs (XML Entity Expansion). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-09-01.
- How severe is CVE-2012-3340?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2012-3340 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.