#VU75033 XML External Entity injection in Polarion ALM - CVE-2023-28828 

 

#VU75033 XML External Entity injection in Polarion ALM - CVE-2023-28828

Published: April 12, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75033
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28828
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Polarion ALM
Software vendor:
Siemens

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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