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CVE-2023-28828

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Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Polarion ALM (All versions < V22R2). The application contains a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability. This could allow an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.9 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2023-04-11 10:15:18.393000
Last modified
2026-10-23 23:10:00.157000
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