CVE-2019-4442 Path traversal in WebSphere Application Server

What is CVE-2019-4442?

CVE-2019-4442 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 17 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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 file system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to view arbitrary files on the system but not content. IBM X-Force ID: 163226.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4442?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4442 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-2019-4442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4442 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-qvm4-wwp9-8xp8.