CVE-2018-1456 is an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability affecting IBM Rhapsody DM versions 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.5, as well as IBM Rational Software Architect Design Manager. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) allows a remote attacker to exploit XML data processing to potentially expose sensitive information or cause denial of service by consuming memory resources. While the attack complexity is low, requiring only low privileges and no user interaction, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed on the KEV catalog. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely known or actively exploited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_rhapsody_design_manager:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_rhapsody_design_manager:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_rhapsody_design_manager:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_rhapsody_design_manager:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_rhapsody_design_manager:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.