CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-5016

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-03-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-03-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

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.

Affected configurations

• 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)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References