CVE-2013-3989

low
Published 2013-10-25 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5

Description

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise 8.x before 8.8 sends a cleartext AppScan Source database password in a response, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information, and subsequently conduct man-in-the-middle attacks, by examining the response content.

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=swg21653287

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmsecurity_appscan8.0.0.0
ibmsecurity_appscan8.0.0.1
ibmsecurity_appscan8.0.0.2
ibmsecurity_appscan8.0.1.0
ibmsecurity_appscan8.0.1.1
ibmsecurity_appscan8.0.11
ibmsecurity_appscan8.5.0.0
ibmsecurity_appscan8.5.0.1
ibmsecurity_appscan8.6.0.0
ibmsecurity_appscan8.6.0.1
ibmsecurity_appscan8.6.0.2
ibmsecurity_appscan8.7.0.0
ibmsecurity_appscan8.7.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-310

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