CVE-2018-1770

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-10-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 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: 148686.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: from 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.0.45; from 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.0.15; from 8.5.0.0 through 8.5.5.14; from 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.9

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041874
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148686
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10729521
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-30
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041874
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148686
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10729521
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-30

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