What is CVE-2015-7447?

CVE-2015-7447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Portal, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2015-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2015-7447?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Websphere Portal

CVE-2015-7447

IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF29, 8.0.0 before 8.0.0.1 CF20, and 8.5.0 before CF09 allows remote attackers to bypass intended Portal AccessControl REST API access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2015-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Websphere Portal — versions 6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/79511 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034538 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7447?: CVE-2015-7447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Portal, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2015-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2015-7447?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.