XML eXternal Entity Expansion Vulnerabilities with TIBCO Administrator
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIBCO | TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition | up to 5.10.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| TIBCO | TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux | up to 5.9.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-5433
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vqp6-x5vh-r3f7
References
More TIBCO Administrator vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-09818 TIBCO Administrator Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2021-09819 TIBCO Administrator SQL injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-09820 TIBCO Administrator CSV injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2018-03946 TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.0
- TI-2010-00652 Unspecified vulnerability in TIBRepoServer5.jar in TIBCO Administrator 5.4.0 through… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0
Sources
- CVE-2018-5433 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-5433 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vqp6-x5vh-r3f7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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