CVE-2011-1359

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: 2011-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the administration console in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.41, 7.0 before 7.0.0.19, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

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 (+40)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/45749
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM45322
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21509257
http://www.osvdb.org/74817
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49362
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69473
http://secunia.com/advisories/45749
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM45322
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21509257
http://www.osvdb.org/74817
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49362
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69473

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