CVE-2012-4834 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2012-4834?

CVE-2012-4834 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, published on 30 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in LayerLoader.jsp in the theme component in IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0.0.1 and 7.0.0.2 before CF19 and 8.0 before CF03 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URI.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4834?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4834?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4834 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2012-4834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Portal

• CVE-2008-5675 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2017-1156 Open redirect in WebSphere Portal High 8.8
• CVE-2013-2951 Information disclosure in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2015-7419 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2015-1943 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8

All Ibm Websphere Portal vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-x9jr-wg99-m8gf.