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CVE-2001-1189

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-12-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IBM Websphere Application Server 3.5.3 and earlier stores a password in cleartext in the sas.server.props file, which allows local users to obtain the passwords via a JSP script.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: 3.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.2.1, 3.0.2.2, 3.0.2.3, 3.0.2.4 (+4)

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7698.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245324
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3682
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7698.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245324
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3682

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