CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-20354

7.5 HIGH Published 2021-02-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-02-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 194883.

Affected configurations

• 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