Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack (CVE-2020-4509)

Summary

IBM QRadar is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4509
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM QRadar is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182364 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

All SDEE protocol versions before 7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-SDEE-7.3-20200429181957

All SDEE protocol versions before 7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-SDEE-7.4-20200429181942

Remediation/Fixes

7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-SDEE-7.4-20200429181942
7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-SDEE-7.3-20200429181957

Workarounds and Mitigations

None