# CVE-2005-4704: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can intercept cleartext credentials due to SSL bypass, leading to privilege escalation in WebLogic Server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j86f-g83j-qw65

## What is CVE-2005-4704?

CVE-2005-4704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 1 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1 through SP3, 7.0 through SP6, and 6.1 through SP7, when SSL is intended to be used, causes an unencrypted protocol to be used in certain unspecified circumstances, which causes user credentials to be sent across the network in cleartext and allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4704?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bea Weblogic Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-4704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4704 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-4704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bea Weblogic Server

- [CVE-2008-3257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3257/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0417/): BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 through 7.0 SP7, 8.1 through 8.1 SP5, 9.0, and 9.1, when using the WebLogic Server 6.1 compatibility realm, allows a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0640/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0098/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0681](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0681/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-4704 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-4704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 1 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bea Weblogic Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4704/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4704/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4704
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4704
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4704

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4704/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.