CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-20517

8.8 HIGH Published 2021-06-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to read and delete arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 198435.

Affected configurations

• ibm websphere application server nd (>= 8.5.0.0 < 8.5.5.20) • ibm websphere application server nd (>= 9.0.0.0 < 9.0.5.8)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References