CVE-2019-4720

7.5 highEPSS 1.8%

High (7.5) in ibm websphere application server. EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available memory. IBM X-Force ID: 172125.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-770
Published: 2020-01-31
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:websphere_application_server

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172125
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1285372
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172125
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1285372

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