CVE-2013-0540

low
Published 2013-04-24 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.5
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg21632423

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmwebsphere_application_server8.5.0.0
ibmwebsphere_application_server8.5.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-287

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