CVE-2009-0891

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: none known
Published: 2009-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The Web Services Security component in IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 before Fix Pack 1 (7.0.0.1), 6.1 before Fix Pack 23 (6.1.0.23),and 6.0.2 before Fix Pack 33 (6.0.2.33) does not properly enforce (1) nonce and (2) timestamp expiration values in WS-Security bindings as stored in the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.core custom property, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct session hijacking attacks.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 6.0.2, 6.0.2.1, 6.0.2.2, 6.0.2.3, 6.0.2.4, 6.0.2.5 (+52)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34131
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006876
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK66676&apar=only
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49391
http://secunia.com/advisories/34131
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006876
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK66676&apar=only
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49391

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