CVE-2020-5016 — Path Traversal in IBM Websphere Application Server

CWE-22 — Path Traversal3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 56.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM Websphere Application Server
Timeline
PublishedMar 10
Latest updateMay 24

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. When application security is disabled and JAX-RPC applications are present, an attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary xml files on the system. This does not occur if Application security is enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 193556.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDibm/websphere_application_server7.0.0.0 — 7.0.0.45+3
▶CVEListV5ibm/websphere_application_server4 versions+3

Patches

Patch: www.ibm.com ↗Patch: www.ibm.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-whgp-r3rj-vmxr: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-5016: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7↗2021-03-10
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