CVE-2014-4814 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Portal versions 6.1, 7.0, 8.0, and 8.5. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to consume excessive memory and CPU resources by submitting a specially crafted XML document with deeply nested entity references, a type of XML External Entity (XXE) attack. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring authentication, but can lead to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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