National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5944
Original release date:11/14/2007
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Servlet Engine / Web Container in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 5.1.1.4 through 5.1.1.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Expect HTTP header. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2006-3918, but there are insufficient details to be sure.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3680
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018963
External Source: BID
Name: 26457
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24017314
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: PK51068
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27674
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 38700
Technical Details
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)