CVE-2012-3306

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.45, 7.0 before 7.0.0.25, 8.0 before 8.0.0.5, and 8.5 before 8.5.0.1, when multi-domain support is configured, does not purge password data from the authentication cache, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

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, 6.1.0.4 (+45)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM66514
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21611313
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77478
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM66514
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21611313
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77478

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