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CVE-2003-1447

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

IBM WebSphere Advanced Server Edition 4.0.4 uses a weak encryption algorithm (XOR and base64 encoding), which allows local users to decrypt passwords when the configuration file is exported to XML.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: 4.0.4

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3277
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310118
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310796
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6758
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11245
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3277
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310118
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310796
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6758
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11245

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