Dzone AnswerHub XML External Entity [CVE-2017-15725]

A vulnerability was found in Dzone AnswerHub (unknown version) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (XXE). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-611. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/28/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-15725 since 10/21/2017. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/29/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.5
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Class: Privilege escalation / XXE (CWE-611)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known

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10/21/2017 CVE assigned
10/28/2019 +737 days Advisory disclosed
10/29/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
10/29/2019 +0 days VulDB last update
CVE: CVE-2017-15725 (🔒)Created: 10/29/2019 11:47 AM
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