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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-15303 · published 28 June 2021

CVE-2020-15303: Infoblox nios vulnerability

Infoblox · Nios

Infoblox NIOS before 8.5.2 allows entity expansion during an XML upload operation, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.86% · top 43.2% CWE-776 · CWE-776
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.0
0.86%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Infoblox NIOS before 8.5.2 allows entity expansion during an XML upload operation, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://community.infoblox.com/t5/Security/NIOS-XML-Vulnerability/m-p/22437#M1995 Vendor Advisory
https://www.infoblox.com/products/nios8/ ProductVendor Advisory
https://community.infoblox.com/t5/Security/NIOS-XML-Vulnerability/m-p/22437#M1995 Vendor Advisory
https://www.infoblox.com/products/nios8/ ProductVendor Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-15303), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.