Auth bypass in IBM Websphere Application Server

CVE-2013-0540

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty Profile 8.5 before 8.5.0.2, when SSL is not enabled, does not properly validate authentication cookies, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via an HTTP session.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.016 (73.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Ibm Websphere_application_server — versions 8.5.0.0, 8.5.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)