vulnerability

IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2021-20354: WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2021-20354)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 18, 2021
Added
Jul 2, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

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.

Solutions

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