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CVE-2014-8890
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging the…
Medium5.1EPSS 2.3%
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- ibm
Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging the combination of a servlet's deployment descriptor security constraints and ServletSecurity annotations.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21963275 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1033384 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21690185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- PI29911 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 71834 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ibm-websphere-cve20148890-priv-escalation(99009) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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