J-Security Center

Title: IBM WebSphere Showcode Vulnerability

Severity: HIGH

Description:

Certain versions of the IBM WebSphere application server ship with a vulnerability which allows malicious users to view the source of any document which resides in the web document root directory.

This is possible via a flaw which allows a default servlet (different servlets are used to parse different types of content, JHTML, HTMl, JSP, etc.) This default servlet will display the document/page without parsing/compiling it hence allowing the code to be viewed by the end user.

Affected Products:

  • IBM Websphere Application Server 2.0.0
  • IBM Websphere Application Server 3.0.0
  • IBM Websphere Application Server 3.0.2.1

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