CVE-2023-27554

criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.86% (58th) EPSS

CVSS 9.1 · critical

Is it mine?

34 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 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: 249185.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.3–9.1

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hsecondary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.19.1criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Lsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 2.1 · impact 4.2

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-611USCWE-611US

affected products (34)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HCL Commerceall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:hcltechsw:commerce:-
HCL Commerce <9.0.1.21all versionscert_bundDE
HCL Commerce <9.1.13all versionscert_bundDE
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0.0.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.0
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0.0.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.1
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0.0.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.2
IBM Business Automation Workflow 19.0.0.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:19.0.0.1
IBM Business Automation Workflow 19.0.0.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:19.0.0.2
IBM Business Automation Workflow 20.0.0.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:20.0.0.1
IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:21.0.2
IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:21.0.3
IBM Business Automation Workflow 22.0.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:22.0.2
IBM Business Automation Workflow <= 19.0.0.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:19.0.0.3
IBM Business Automation Workflow <= 20.0.0.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:20.0.0.2
IBM Business Automation Workflow <= 22.0.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:22.0.1
IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:maximo_asset_management:7.6.1
IBM Rational ClearCaseall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:rational_clearcase:-
IBM Rational ClearQuestall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:rational_clearquest:-
IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On 8.2.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:security_access_manager_for_enterprise_single_sign_on:8.2.1
IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On 8.2.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:security_access_manager_for_enterprise_single_sign_on:8.2.2

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1197IBM WebSphere Application Server: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen und DoSDeutsch2023-05-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in IBM WebSphere Application Server ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service zu verursachen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-05-11modified 2026-06-17

references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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