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CVE-2009-0891

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 1.76%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-03-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2009-0891
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
1.76%

Original NVD 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.