CVE-2016-2923

high

Published 2016-07-07 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.5 through 8.5.5.9 Liberty before Liberty Fix Pack 16.0.0.2 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for an unspecified JAX-RS API cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via script access to this cookie.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

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_application_server	`8.5.5.0`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.5.1`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.5.2`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.5.3`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.5.4`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.5.5`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.5.6`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.5.7`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.5.8`
ibm	websphere_application_server	`8.5.5.9`

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.