CVE-2016-9706 describes a critical XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability affecting IBM Integration Bus versions 9.0 and 10.0, and WebSphere Message Broker SOAP FLOWS. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service by processing specially crafted XML data. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to the exposure of sensitive information or complete memory resource exhaustion. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:integration_bus:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:integration_bus:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_message_broker:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.