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TI-2015-04225 Aliases CVE-2015-5038GHSA-r4cr-22jj-489p

IBM Connections 3.x before 3.0.1.1 CR3, 4.0 before CR4, 4.5 before CR5, and 5.0 before…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

IBM Connections 3.x before 3.0.1.1 CR3, 4.0 before CR4, 4.5 before CR5, and 5.0 before CR3 does not properly detect recursion during XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application crash) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01452 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.0.1.1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.0.1.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-5038
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r4cr-22jj-489p

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2016-02514 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Connections 4.x through 4.5 CR5… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-01359 Open redirect in IBM Connections CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2016-02506 IBM Connections 4.x through 4.5 CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2015-06209 XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in IBM Connections 3.0.1.1 and earlier, 4.0, 4.5… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2014-00855 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Profiles component in IBM… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0
  • TI-2017-01283 Information disclosure in IBM Connections CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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