High severity · published May 5, 2017
CVE-2016-9692
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 is vulnerable to External Service Interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input
8.6
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 is vulnerable to External Service Interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application server to attack other systems that it can interact with. IBM X-Force ID: 119516.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WC
WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration · IBM Corporation
7.0.0. 7.5.0.0 · source: vendor
WC
Websphere Cast Iron Solution · Ibm
7.0.0; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.0.2; 7.5.0.0; 7.5.0.1; 7.5.1.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
WC
WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration
IBM Corporation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9692
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9692
Patch
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998014
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98337
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