CVE-2018-11048

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:35 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsEMC Integrated Data Protection ApplianceEMC Data Protection AdvisorData Protection Advisor

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor, versions 6.2, 6,3, 6.4, 6.5 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) versions 2.0, 2.1 contain a XML External Entity (XXE) Injection vulnerability in the REST API. An authenticated remote malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to read certain system files in the server or cause denial of service by supplying specially crafted Document Type Definitions (DTDs) in an XML request.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/5
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105130
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041417

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611

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