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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jun 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vqp6-x5vh-r3f7

## 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 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5433?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition

- [CVE-2021-28827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28827/): TIBCO Administrator Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2018-5432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5432/): TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2021-28828](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28828/): TIBCO Administrator SQL injection vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2021-28829](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28829/): TIBCO Administrator CSV injection vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2010-0683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0683/): Code injection in n/a (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-5433 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5433/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5433/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5433
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5433
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5433

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