IBM FileNet Content Manager, IBM Content Foundation, and IBM Case Foundation Administration Console for Content Platform Engine (ACCE) 5.2.…

published 2018-07-06 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-12121

cvss: 7.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.4%; EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM FileNet Content Manager, IBM Content Foundation, and IBM Case Foundation Administration Console for Content Platform Engine (ACCE) 5.2.1 and 5.5.0 are vulnerable to a 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: 142597.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015943 advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.1	CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:L/AV:N/C:H/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
CNA	3.0	7.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.0	7.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected products

IBM FileNet P8 Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015943
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/142597
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1041225
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-1542
NVD CVE-2018-1542

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