CVE-2013-3016 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2013-3016?

CVE-2013-3016 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, published on 21 Aug 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1, 7.0, and 8.0 allows remote attackers to access the user directory via a crafted request for a servlet, related to the serveServletsByClassnameEnabled setting.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3016?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2013-3016?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2013-3016 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3016 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
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Also known as GHSA-96ch-x39f-q5jh.