Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-42646
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.8% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.8%top 10.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the file based service provider creation feature of the Management Console in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0, 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, and 4.0.0; and WSO2 IS as Key Manager 5.7.0, 5.9.0, and 5.10.0; and WSO2 Identity Server 5.7.0, 5.8.0, 5.9.0, 5.10.0, and 5.11.0. Allows attackers to gain read access to sensitive information or cause a denial of service via crafted GET requests.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/wso2/carbon-identity-framework/pull/3472
- 20220610 XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the WSO2 Management Console mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167465/WSO2-Management-Console-XML-Injection.html
- https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2021-1289/