Vulnerability in Ektron Content Management System
CVE-2015-0923
The ContentBlockEx method in Workarea/ServerControlWS.asmx in Ektron Content Management System (CMS) 8.5 and 8.7 before 8.7sp2 and 9.0 before sp1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference within an XML document named in the xslt parameter, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.220 (97.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.220 · newest: 0.220 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ektron Content Management System — versions 8.5.0, 8.7.0, 8.9.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/377644 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-0923?
- CVE-2015-0923 is a vulnerability in Ektron Content Management System. Published 2015-02-14.
- Is CVE-2015-0923 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.