CVE-2014-4821

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Published 2014-10-28 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF28, 8.0 through 8.0.0.1 CF14, and 8.5.0 before CF03 provides different web-server error codes depending on whether a requested file exists, which allows remote attackers to determine the validity of filenames via a series of requests.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.0`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.1`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.2`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.3`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.4`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.5`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.6`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.5.0`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.5.1`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.5.2`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.5.3`
ibm	websphere_portal	`7.0.0.0`
ibm	websphere_portal	`7.0.0.1`
ibm	websphere_portal	`7.0.0.2`
ibm	websphere_portal	`8.0.0.0`
ibm	websphere_portal	`8.0.0.1`
ibm	websphere_portal	`8.5.0.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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