CVE-2020-4782

6.5 mediumEPSS 2.6%

Medium (6.5) in ibm websphere application server. EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 85% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2020-10-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:websphere_application_server

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189213
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6356083
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189213
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6356083

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