CVE-2020-4949

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 7.0 through 9.0

Description The issue is related to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

Recommendations For versions 7.0 through 9.0, update to a version that includes a fix for the XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the processing of external XML entities to minimize the risk of exploitation.