CVE-2015-3000 XML external entity in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in SysAid Help Desk via XML Entity Expansion attacks on specific endpoints.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-3000?
CVE-2015-3000 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an XML document to (1) /agententry, (2) /rdsmonitoringresponse, or (3) /androidactions, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3000?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sysaid Sysaid.
How do I fix CVE-2015-3000?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-3000 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-3000 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3000 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2023-47246 SysAid Server Path Traversal
- CVE-2025-2775 SysAid On-Prem Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
- CVE-2025-2776 SysAid On-Prem Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
- CVE-2024-36393 SysAid - CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE-2025-2777 SysAid On-Prem <= 23.3.40 lshw Proceessing XML External Entity Injection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xcj8-64wc-2v2p.