VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0891

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.76%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-03-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

The Web Services Security component in IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 before Fix Pack 1 (7.0.0.1), 6.1 before Fix Pack 23 (6.1.0.23),and 6.0.2 before Fix Pack 33 (6.0.2.33) does not properly enforce (1) nonce and (2) timestamp expiration values in WS-Security bindings as stored in the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.core custom property, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct session hijacking attacks.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references