WebSphere Deployer Plugin 1.6.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This could be exploited by a user with Job/Configure permissions to upload a specially crafted war file containing a WEB-INF/ibm-web-ext.xml
which is parsed by the plugin.
{ "nvd_published_at": "2020-01-29T16:15:00Z", "github_reviewed_at": "2022-12-19T21:15:52Z", "severity": "HIGH", "github_reviewed": true, "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-611" ] }