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CVE-2020-4510

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 182365.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

IBM — Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager

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