CVE-2006-6537 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, and possibly 10, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a modified pnl parameter, related to hod/HODAdmin.html and hod/frameset.html.

Published: 2006-12-14

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_host_on-demand:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_host_on-demand:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_host_on-demand:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_host_on-demand:9.0:::::::*

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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-2006-6520	IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, and possibly 10, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a modified pnl parameter, related to hod/HODAdmin.html and hod/frameset.html.

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 0.00667.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22652
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2030
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454050/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4943
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30826

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Host On-demand

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-14T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:26:46.661Z

Reserved: 2006-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6537

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-14T02:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6537

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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