CVE-2016-2945 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2945?

CVE-2016-2945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 8 Jul 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The API Discovery implementation in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.5.5.8 through 8.5.5.9 Liberty before Liberty Fix Pack 16.0.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via an external reference in a Swagger document.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2945?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2945?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-2945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2945 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rx4f-g37q-fj8w.