CVE-2025-24521 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-24521

Keysight Ixia Vision Product Family Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Vulnerability Description

External XML entity injection allows arbitrary download of files. The score without least privilege principle violation is as calculated below. In combination with other issues it may facilitate further compromise of the device. Remediation in Version 6.8.0, release date: 01-Mar-25.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reported these vulnerabilities to Keysight.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Ixia Vision Product Family
Vulnerable Versions:
6.3.1

Timeline

Official Publish: March 5th, 2025
Last Modified: March 6th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1040 Network Sniffing
Collection
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact