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9.8Critical

Broadcom Spring Web Services

CVE-2019-3773

Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when receiving XML data from untrusted sources.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Broadcom Spring Web Services. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 4% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 90% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Broadcom Spring Web Services, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
9.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-611
Assigned by
security_alert@emc.com

Dates

Published
2019-01-18
Last modified
2026-09-04
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Broadcom Spring Web Services- 2.4.3, 3.0.0 - 3.0.4
  • Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure8.0.6 - 8.1.0
  • Oracle Flexcube Private Banking12.0.0, 12.1.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References