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CVE-2009-0438

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 before 7.0.0.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass "Authorization checking" and obtain sensitive information from JSP pages via a crafted request. NOTE: this is probably a duplicate of CVE-2008-5412.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: 7.0

References

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK75248
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33700
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48528
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK75248
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33700
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48528

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