Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2013-6730

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2013-6730

Published: March 5, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41970
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6730
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
WebSphere Portal

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0.x through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5.x through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2 CF27, and 8.0.0.x before 8.0.0.1 CF10, when the wcm.path.traversal.security setting is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass intended read restrictions on an item by accessing that item within search results.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-6730

Install update from vendor's website.

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