CVE-2014-6166

high

Description

The Communications Enabled Applications (CEA) service in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.x before 8.0.0.10 and 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4, and Feature Pack for CEA 1.x before 1.0.0.15, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97746

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21690185

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI28632

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI25310

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-18

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00267