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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2018-1770: Potential traversal vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Admin Console (CVE-2018-1770)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Oct 12, 2018

Added

Dec 26, 2018

Modified

Jun 23, 2026

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. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing dot dot sequences ( or .. or ) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Solution

ibm-was-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2018-1770
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-1770
IBM-ibm10729521
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/729521
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148686
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-12349
CWE-22
EUVD-EUVD-2018-12349

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