VYPR
← All advisories
Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-5016

CVE-2020-5016

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. When application security is disabled and JAX-RPC applications are present, an attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary xml files on the system. This does not occur if Application security is enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 193556.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

3
  • IBM/Websphere Application Server3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=7.0.0.0,<=7.0.0.45
    • (no CPE)range: 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0
    • (no CPE)range: 7.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

2

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.