CVE-2020-5016

State: PUBLISHED · Published: 2021-03-10 · Updated: 2024-09-17 · Assigner: ibm

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.

CWE

(none)

Affected

IBM / WebSphere Application Server — v=7.0 [affected]; v=8.0 [affected]; v=8.5 [affected]; v=9.0 [affected]

CVSS

3.0 score=5.3 severity=MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/A:N/I:N/PR:L/C:H/S:U/AC:H/AV:N/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6427873 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193556 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF

Source

cvelistV5-main/cves/2020/5xxx/CVE-2020-5016.json