What is CVE-2020-11462?

CVE-2020-11462 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openvpn Openvpn_access_server, classified under Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs (XML Entity Expansion). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-05-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-11462?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

XXE in Openvpn Openvpn_access_server

CVE-2020-11462

An issue was discovered in OpenVPN Access Server before 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.3. With the full featured RPC2 interface enabled, it is possible to achieve a temporary DoS state of the management interface when sending an XML Entity Exp…

EPSS: 0.013 (66.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Openvpn Openvpn_access_server
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-776 — Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs (XML Entity Expansion)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11462?: CVE-2020-11462 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openvpn Openvpn_access_server, classified under Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs (XML Entity Expansion). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-05-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-11462?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.