CVE-2020-5016

Published Mar 10, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-26263 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ibm
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 1:40 AM
Reserved
Dec 30, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 10, 2021, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:20 AM