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IBM WebSphere Portal Information Disclosure Vulnerability

🗓️ 07 Sep 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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IBM WebSphere Portal Information Disclosure Vulnerability. Remote attackers may bypass intended Portal AccessControl REST API access restrictions and obtain sensitive information. Check the vendor's advisory for solutions

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106228");
  script_version("2025-09-05T15:40:40+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-05 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 05 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-07 15:24:46 +0700 (Wed, 07 Sep 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-12-07 18:24:00 +0000 (Wed, 07 Dec 2016)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7447");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("IBM WebSphere Portal Information Disclosure Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_ibm_websphere_portal_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ibm_websphere_portal/installed");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"IBM WebSphere Portal is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"IBM Websphere Portal could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive
information, caused by Access Control issue in Portal AccessControl REST API. By REST request, an attacker
could exploit this vulnerability to view access control configuration of a requested resource.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Remote attackers may bypass intended Portal AccessControl REST API access
restrictions and obtain sensitive information.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WebSphere Portal 6.1, 7, 8.0 and 8.5.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Check the vendor's advisory for sulutions.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21973152");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

if (version =~ "^8\.5") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "8.5.0.0.9")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.5.0.0 CF09");
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^8\.0\.0") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "8.0.0.1.20")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.0.0.1 CF20");
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^7\.0") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "7.0.0.2.29")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.0.0.2 CF29");
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^6\.1\.5") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.1.5.3.27")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.1.5.3 CF27");
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^6\.1\.0") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.1.0.6.27")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.1.0.6 CF27");
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(0);

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