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CVE-2012-4850

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 Liberty Profile before 8.5.0.1, when JAX-RS is used, does not properly validate requests, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: 8.5.0.0

References

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM67082
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21614265
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56460
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79539
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM67082
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21614265
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56460
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79539

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