What is CVE-2020-14204?

CVE-2020-14204 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibi Webfocus Business Intelligence, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-14204?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

XXE in Ibi Webfocus Business Intelligence

CVE-2020-14204

In WebFOCUS Business Intelligence 8.0 (SP6), the administration portal allows remote attackers to read arbitrary local files or forge server-side HTTP requests via a crafted HTTP request to /ibi_apps/WFServlet.cfg because XML external entity injection is possible. This is related to making changes to the application repository configuration.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.019 (77.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibi Webfocus_business_intelligence — versions 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14204?: CVE-2020-14204 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibi Webfocus Business Intelligence, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-14204?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.