CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-22498

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Jan 19, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

XML External Entity Injection vulnerability in Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management (Previously known as Quality Center) product. The vulnerability affects versions 12.x, 12.60 Patch 5 and earlier, 15.0.1 Patch 2 and earlier and 15.5. The vulnerability could be exploited to allow an XML External Entity Injection.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 12.50 (including) 12.60 (including)
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 15.0.0 (including) 15.0.1 (including)
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 12.60-patch1 (including) 12.60-patch1 (including)
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 12.60-patch2 (including) 12.60-patch2 (including)
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 12.60-patch3 (including) 12.60-patch3 (including)
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 12.60-patch4 (including) 12.60-patch4 (including)
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 12.60-patch5 (including) 12.60-patch5 (including)
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 15.0.1-patch1 (including) 15.0.1-patch1 (including)
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 15.0.1-patch2 (including) 15.0.1-patch2 (including)
Application_lifecycle_management Microfocus 15.5 (including) 15.5 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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