CVE-2019-4268 Path traversal in WebSphere Application Server

What is CVE-2019-4268?

CVE-2019-4268 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 17 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 160201.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4268?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4268?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4268 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-2019-4268 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4268 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-g624-35wv-pxrr.