CVE-2020-5016

published 2021-03-10

CVE-2020-5016: 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…

Priority P3 39 medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR L UI N S U C H I N A N

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	—	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	7.0.0.0 – 7.0.0.45	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	8.0.0.0 – 8.0.0.15	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	8.5.0.0 – 8.5.5.19	—
ibm	websphere_application_server	9.0.0.0 – 9.0.5.6	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 3.5 LOW AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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