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01 Record

CVE-2020-4782

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot"

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/S:U/C:H/AV:N/AC:L/UI:N/A:N/PR:L/I:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U

02 Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot"

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 84.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-10-28 16:15Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 18:43Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-12-30
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.5)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/S:U/C:H/AV:N/AC:L/UI:N/A:N/PR:L/I:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
Weaknesses
  • CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
eaf93e6580adce6c5df9c26e244a13835293491db0840e07d08c56a7f35e08ee

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMWebSphere Application Server7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0—

06 References