# CVE-2020-7037: Avaya Equinox Conferencing XXE vulnerability

> Authenticated attackers can exploit an XXE vulnerability in Avaya Meetings Server to read sensitive system information or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** 28 Apr 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4925-4j76-6cw8

## What is CVE-2020-7037?

CVE-2020-7037 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avaya Meetings Server, published on 28 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An XML External Entities (XXE) vulnerability in Media Server component of Avaya Equinox Conferencing could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to information that is stored on an affected system or even potentially lead to a denial of service. The affected versions of Avaya Equinox Conferencing includes all 9.x versions before 9.1.11. Equinox Conferencing is now offered as Avaya Meetings Server.

Weakness: CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7037?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Avaya Equinox Conferencing.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7037?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7037 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Avaya Meetings Server

- [CVE-2020-7038](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7038/): Avaya Meetings Server Information Disclosure vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-7033](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7033/): Avaya Equinox Conferencing XSS (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7037 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7037 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avaya Meetings Server, published on 28 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Avaya Meetings Server. 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-2020-7037/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7037/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7037
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7037
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7037

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7037/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.