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Allows attackers to gain read access to sensitive information or cause a denial of service via crafted GET requests.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.03758,"percentile":0.89985,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-611"],"published":"2022-05-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-11-04T02:45:51Z","products":[{"vendor":"wso2","product":"api_manager"},{"vendor":"wso2","product":"identity_server"},{"vendor":"wso2","product":"identity_server_as_key_manager"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/wso2/carbon-identity-framework/pull/3472","tags":["x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/7","tags":["mailing-list","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167465/WSO2-Management-Console-XML-Injection.html","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry","advisory"]},{"url":"https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2021-1289/","tags":["x_transferred","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42646"},{"url":"https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2021-1289"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rjgm-f3mv-p89p"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-42646","description":"XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the file based service provider creation feature of the Management Console in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0, 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, and 4.0.0; and WSO2 IS as Key Manager 5.7.0, 5.9.0, and 5.10.0; and WSO2 Identity Server 5.7.0, 5.8.0, 5.9.0, 5.10.0, and 5.11.0. 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