CVE-2013-5372: IBM WebSphere Message Broker

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The XML4J parser in IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.1 before 6.1.0.12, 7.0 before 7.0.0.7, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.4 and IBM Integration Bus 9.0 before 9.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document that triggers expansion for many entities.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Message Broker: version 6.1 only; version 6.1.0.1 only; version 6.1.0.2 only; version 6.1.0.3 only; version 6.1.0.4 only; version 6.1.0.5 only; …

Published 2013-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.