CVE-2017-1577

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 132117.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Portal: 7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.5.0.0 (+1)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22008586
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101017
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039405
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132117
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22008586
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101017
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039405
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132117

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