Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-7037

High

Published: 28 April 2021

Published
28 April 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0055 68.4th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-7037 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Avaya Equinox Conferencing. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An XML External Entities (XXE) vulnerability in Media Server component of Avaya Equinox Conferencing could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to information that is stored on an affected system or even potentially lead to a denial…

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of service. The affected versions of Avaya Equinox Conferencing includes all 9.x versions before 9.1.11. Equinox Conferencing is now offered as Avaya Meetings Server.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

avaya
equinox conferencing
9.0.0 — 9.1.11

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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