What is CVE-2021-38948?

CVE-2021-38948 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aix, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-11-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-38948?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

XPath Injection in Ibm Aix

CVE-2021-38948

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources…

EPSS: 0.020 (78.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Aix
Ibm Infosphere Information Server — versions 11.7
Ibm Infosphere_information_server — versions 11.7
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-91 — XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection)

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38948?: CVE-2021-38948 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aix, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-11-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-38948?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.