CVE-2020-5003
mediumpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.2.4 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 192956.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1
weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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- ibm financial transaction manager= 3.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:financial_transaction_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
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- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192956cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5003cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-security-bulletin-financial-transaction-manager-for-corporate-payment-services-is-affected-by-a-potential-caching-vulnerability-cve-2020-5003/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6462861cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192956enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6462861enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192956VDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6462861Vendor Advisorynvd
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