Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2013-3016

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2013-3016

Published: August 21, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42634
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-2013-3016
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, 7.0, and 8.0 allows remote attackers to access the user directory via a crafted request for a servlet, related to the serveServletsByClassnameEnabled setting.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-3016

Install update from vendor's website.

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