CVE-2015-1946

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-07-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.5 before 8.5.5.6, and WebSphere Virtual Enterprise 7.0 before 7.0.0.6 for WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0 and 8.0, does not properly implement user roles, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 7.0, 8.0.0.0, 8.5.0.0, 8.5.0.1, 8.5.0.2, 8.5.5.0 (+5)
IBM WebSphere Virtual Enterprise: 7.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.3, 7.0.0.4, 7.0.0.5

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI35180
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21959083
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75496
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI35180
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21959083
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75496

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