# CVE-2007-0418: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass security policies to access EJB methods with array parameters, leading to unauthorized data access or privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jan 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cfjf-g325-9j7g

## What is CVE-2007-0418?

CVE-2007-0418 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 23 Jan 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 through 7.0 SP6, 8.1 through 8.1 SP5, 9.0, and 9.1 does not enforce a security policy that declares permissions for EJB methods that have array parameters, which allows remote attackers to obtain unauthorized access to these methods.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0418?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bea Weblogic Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-0418?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0418 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-0418 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0418 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-2007-0418 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-0418 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 23 Jan 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0418 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-2007-0418/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0418/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0418
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0418
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-0418

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0418/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.