CVE-2020-15303 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Infoblox NIOS before 8.5.2 allows entity expansion during an XML upload operation, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Published: 2021-06-28

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:infoblox:nios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:infoblox:nios:8.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:infoblox:nios:8.5.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-7300	Infoblox NIOS before 8.5.2 allows entity expansion during an XML upload operation, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00857.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://community.infoblox.com/t5/Security/NIOS-XML-Vulnerability/m-p/22437#M1995
https://www.infoblox.com/products/nios8/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Infoblox Nios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-06-28T12:45:09.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:15:20.474Z

Reserved: 2020-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-15303

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-28T13:15:12.123

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:56:26.163

Link: CVE-2020-15303

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-776
Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

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