CVE-2018-1542: IBM Content Foundation

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM FileNet Content Manager, IBM Content Foundation, and IBM Case Foundation Administration Console for Content Platform Engine (ACCE) 5.2.1 and 5.5.0 are 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: 142597.

Affected products

• IBM Content Foundation: version 5.2.1 only; version 5.5.0 only
• IBM Filenet Content Manager: version 5.2.1 only; version 5.5.0 only

Published 2018-07-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.