CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2020-5016
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
2.25%
Original NVD Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. When application security is disabled and JAX-RPC applications are present, an attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary xml files on the system. This does not occur if Application security is enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 193556.
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