What is CVE-2020-10990?

CVE-2020-10990 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Accenture Mercury, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-10990?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

XXE in Accenture Mercury

CVE-2020-10990

An XXE issue exists in Accenture Mercury before 1.12.28 because of the platformlambda/core/serializers/SimpleXmlParser.java component.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Accenture Mercury
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10990?: CVE-2020-10990 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Accenture Mercury, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-10990?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.