CVE-2021-27777 (GCVE-0-2021-27777)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-12 21:25 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:31
VLAI
Title
HCL Unica Platform is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection
Summary
XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerabilities occur when poorly configured XML parsers process user supplied input without sufficient validation. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate XML content and inject malicious external entity references.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-91 - XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
Assigner
HCL CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 184 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HCL Software HCL Unica Affected: 12 and below
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Date Public
2022-04-10 00:00
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