CVE-2004-0470 Misconfiguration in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Administrators editing configuration files may inadvertently remove security role assignments, leading to unintended access restrictions being bypassed.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2004-0470?

CVE-2004-0470 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 20 May 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 7.0 through SP5 and 8.1 through SP2, when editing weblogic.xml using WebLogic Builder or the SecurityRoleAssignmentMBean.toXML method, inadvertently removes security-role-assignment tags when weblogic.xml does not have a principal-name tag, which can remove intended access restrictions for the associated web application.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0470?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bea Weblogic Server.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0470?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2004-0470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Bea Weblogic Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3vcj-6338-x74x.

Is CVE-2004-0470 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free