CVE-2006-2342 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0.2 before FixPack 3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for the Welcome Page via a request to the default context root.

Published: 2006-05-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2343	IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0.2 before FixPack 3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for the Welcome Page via a request to the default context root.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01246.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20025
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24010245
http://www.osvdb.org/25368
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17900
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1724
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26312

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-12T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:43:29.411Z

Reserved: 2006-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2342

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-12T17:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2342

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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