CVE-2020-4163

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-02-04 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0, under specialized conditions, could allow an authenticated user to create a maliciously crafted file name which would be misinterpreted as jsp content and executed. IBM X-Force ID: 174397.

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 8.5.5.16; from 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.5.2

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174397
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1288786
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174397
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1288786

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