CVE-2007-5944

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Servlet Engine / Web Container in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 5.1.1.4 through 5.1.1.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Expect HTTP header. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2006-3918, but there are insufficient details to be sure.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 5.1.1.4, 5.1.1.5, 5.1.1.6, 5.1.1.7, 5.1.1.8, 5.1.1.9 (+7)

References

http://osvdb.org/38700
http://secunia.com/advisories/27674
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK51068
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24017314
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26457
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018963
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3680
http://osvdb.org/38700
http://secunia.com/advisories/27674
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK51068
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24017314
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26457

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