IBM Financial Transaction Manager for ACH Services for Multi-Platform (IBM Control Center 6.0 and 6.1, IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.0
IBM Financial Transaction Manager for ACH Services for Multi-Platform (IBM Control Center 6.0 and 6.1, IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, and 3.1.0, IBM Transformation Extender Advanced 9.0) is vulnerable to a 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. IBM X-Force ID: 135859.
- Published
- Feb 21, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.6% · 75th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-611
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Report tools
Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.6%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | financial transaction manager | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:financial_transaction_manager |
| ibm | transformation extender advanced | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:transformation_extender_advanced |
| ibm | control center | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:control_center |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm control center6.0.0.0
- ibm control center6.0.0.1
- ibm control center6.1.0.0
- ibm control center6.1.0.1
- ibm control center6.1.1.0
- ibm financial transaction manager3.0.2.0
- ibm financial transaction manager3.0.2.1
- ibm financial transaction manager3.0.3.0
- ibm financial transaction manager3.0.4.0
- ibm financial transaction manager3.1.0.0
- ibm transformation extender advanced9.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
IBM Control Center
- 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1affected
IBM Financial Transaction Manager
- 3.0.2, 3.0.2.0, 3.0.2.1, 3.0.4, 3.0.4.0, 3.1.0, 3.1.0.0, 3.0.3, 3.0.3.0affected
IBM Transformation Extender Advanced
- 9.0affected
Same product
ibm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-4575IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Digital Payments for Multi-Platform 3.2.0 through 3.2.9 is vulnerable to SQL injection.39Monitor
- CVE-2019-4032IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Digital Payments for Multi-Platform 3.1.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection.39Monitor
- CVE-2020-5003IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.2.4 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.37Monitor
- CVE-2023-35892IBM Financial Transaction Manager for SWIFT Services XML external entity injection36Monitor
- CVE-2020-5002IBM Financial Transaction Manager security bypass35Monitor
- CVE-2021-39066IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.2.4 does not invalidate session any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to ste35Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- low · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- Low
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22012828
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22013375
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22013432
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103130
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135859
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.