CVE-2011-1312

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Administrative Console component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.0.x before 6.1.0.31 and 7.x before 7.0.0.15 does not prevent modifications of the primary admin id, which allows remote authenticated administrators to bypass intended access restrictions by mapping a (1) user or (2) group to an administrator role.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 6.1.0, 6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.3, 6.1.0.5 (+24)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK88606
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK88606
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463

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