ID:6182 - Exploit for XXE attack in Fortify Software Security Center - CVE-2018-12463

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Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct XXE attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling malicious XML file. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted XML External Entity (XXE) data to the target interface to read files on the target system with the privileges of the target service or conduct cross-site request forgery attacks to take actions on the target interface acting as the target user.

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