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.
EPSS: 0.011 (61.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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
- psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
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.