Medium severity · published Apr 2, 2019
CVE-2019-4080
IBM WebSphere Application Server Admin Console 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a potential denial of service, caused by improper parameter parsing
6.5
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server Admin Console 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a potential denial of service, caused by improper parameter parsing. A remote attacker could exploit this to consume all available CPU resources. IBM X-Force ID: 157380.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WA
Websphere Application Server · Ibm
7.0.0.0 through 7.0.0.45; 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.0.15; 8.5.0.0 through 8.5.5.15; 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4080
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4080
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107683
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157380
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10875692
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