CVE-2014-0823 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2014-0823?

CVE-2014-0823 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 1 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.x before 8.0.0.9 and 8.5.x before 8.5.5.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0823?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0823?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0823 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-2014-0823 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0823 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server

• CVE-2015-1920 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-0462 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1377 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3186 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1899 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ibm Websphere Application Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3f7f-xx86-wcqg.