CVE-2018-5433 XML eXternal Entity Expansion Vulnerabilities with TIBCO Administrator

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A malicious user can exploit XML external entity expansion in TIBCO Administrator to disclose host machine information.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-5433?

CVE-2018-5433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition, published on 13 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The TIBCO Administrator server component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition, and TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux contains vulnerabilities wherein a malicious user could perform XML external entity expansion (XXE) attacks to disclose host machine information. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition: versions up to and including 5.10.0, and TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux: versions up to and including 5.9.1.

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5433?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tibco Administrator.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5433?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-5433 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vqp6-x5vh-r3f7.

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