01 Record
CVE-2021-20354
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../)
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/A:N/AV:N/PR:N/AC:H/S:U/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
02 Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../)
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
- 4.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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
- 2021-02-18 15:10Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-17
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/A:N/AV:N/PR:N/AC:H/S:U/C:H/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
- 24cc0472a6c320056c555be87b6a2881c8c39671ef26d83d2fce3e39bb6cb6f5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6415959
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-websphere-cve202120354-dir-traversal (194883)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/194883