title: XML eXternal Entity Expansion Vulnerabilities with TIBCO Administrator
description: The TIBCO Administrator server component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition, and TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux contains vulnerabilities wherein a malicious user could perform XML external entity expansion (XXE) attacks to disclose host machine information. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition: versions up to and including 5.10.0, and TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux: versions up to and including 5.9.1.
problem types: The impact of the vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility of disclosing contents of files on the host machine that are accessible to the system account used to run the affected component.
affected:
{
product: TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition
vendor: TIBCO Software Inc.
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 5.10.0, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
{
product: TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux
vendor: TIBCO Software Inc.
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 5.9.1, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 6.5
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
version: 3.0
]
solutions: TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address these issues. For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions:
TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition versions 5.10.0 and below update to version 5.10.1 or higher
TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux versions 5.9.1 and below update to version 5.10.1 or higher.