CVE-2024-25971
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDell PowerProtect Data Manager, version 19.15, contains an XML External Entity Injection vulnerability. A remote high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information disclosure, denial-of-service.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDell PowerProtect Data Manager 19.15 contains an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability in its XML parser. A remote attacker with high privileges can craft malicious XML input that references external entities, potentially reading sensitive files from the server or causing denial-of-service.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 19.16CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Dell PowerProtect Data Manager versionAccess the Dell PowerProtect Data Manager admin console or use the product's built-in version check command (typically available via 'dmcli' utility or in the About section of the web interface) to retrieve the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is 19.15 or any version lower than 19.16
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Confirm XML parser functionality is accessibleCheck if the application exposes any API endpoints, web services, or features that accept XML input. Review application documentation or scan for endpoints that handle XML data (look for Content-Type: application/xml or XML-formatted requests)Affected if The application accepts XML input through any interface without XXE protections disabled
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Verify privilege level of accessible accountsReview user accounts that have access to XML-handling features. Use the admin console or 'dmcli' command to list users and their privilege levelsAffected if Any account with high privileges (administrator-level access) can access XML input features, indicating the attack vector is present
If Dell PowerProtect Data Manager version is below 19.16 and the application exposes XML parsing functionality to high-privilege users, the environment is affected by this XXE vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped19.16
Disable XML external entity processing in the application's XML parser configuration or apply vendor-provided patch. If immediate patching is unavailable, disable DTD processing and external entity resolution in XML parsers.
PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16
- Verify current PowerProtect Data Manager version by checking the About or Version section in the admin console
- Review Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16 release notes for upgrade requirements and prerequisites
- Create a full backup of the current PowerProtect Data Manager configuration and database
- Schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade process
- Download Dell PowerProtect Data Manager version 19.16 or later from the official Dell Support site (support.dell.com)
- Follow Dell's documented upgrade procedure for PowerProtect Data Manager, which typically involves running the installer while the application services are stopped
- After upgrade, verify the new version is 19.16 or later and confirm all services are running properly
- Validate that XML external entity processing has been restricted by reviewing the release notes or release implementation details
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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