CVE-2013-3040

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-08-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server through 8.5 FP3, 8.7 through FP2, and 9.1 produces login-failure messages indicating whether the username or password is incorrect, which allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

IBM InfoSphere Information Server: 8.5, 8.5.0.1, 8.5.0.2, 8.5.0.3, 8.7, 8.7.0.1 (+2)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21646136
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61755
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84765
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21646136
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61755
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84765

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