CVE-2021-22498 (GCVE-0-2021-22498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-19 15:56 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:44
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • XML External Entity Injection.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Application Lifecycle Management ( Previously known as Quality Center ). Affected: Affected versions are: 12.x, 12.60 Patch 5 and earlier, 15.0.1 Patch 2 and earlier and 15.5.
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