Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-6166
CVE-2014-6166
Description
The Communications Enabled Applications (CEA) service in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.x before 8.0.0.10 and 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4, and Feature Pack for CEA 1.x before 1.0.0.15, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
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Affected products
19cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 8.0.x before 8.0.0.10, 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4
- Range: 1.x before 1.0.0.15
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