CVE-2013-0540

low

Published 2013-04-24 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.0.0`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.