CVE-2009-0903

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0 before 7.0.0.3, and the Feature Pack for Web Services for WAS 6.1 before 6.1.0.25, when a WS-Security policy is established at the operation level, does not properly handle inbound requests that lack a SOAPAction or WS-Addressing Action, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted request to a JAX-WS application.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.3 (+23)

References

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK72138
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK81944
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK87767
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35594
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51293
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK72138
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK81944
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK87767
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35594
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51293

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