CVE-2021-42646

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    CVE-2021-42646

    Published: 11 May 2022Last Modified: 27 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167465/WSO2-Management-Console-XML-Injection.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/7, https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2021-1289/, https://github.com/wso2/carbon-identity-framework/pull/3472

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- a87463944acbc28f14c0af2a32dc30310147a0be
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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