CVE-2019-4080

Websphere Application Server vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

3.1%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

IBM WebSphere Application Server Admin Console 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a potential denial of service, caused by improper parameter parsing. A remote attacker could exploit this to consume all available CPU resources. IBM X-Force ID: 157380.

Affected vendor

Ibm

Affected product

Websphere Application Server

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Published

2019-04-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-4080

Confirm whether Ibm Websphere Application Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-4080.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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