CVE-2009-0899
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 through 6.1.0.24 and 7.0 through 7.0.0.4, IBM WebSphere Portal Server 5.1 through 6.0, and IBM…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 24% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 through 6.1.0.24 and 7.0 through 7.0.0.4, IBM WebSphere Portal Server 5.1 through 6.0, and IBM Integrated Solutions Console (ISC) 6.0.1 do not properly set the IsSecurityEnabled security flag during migration of WebSphere Member Manager (WMM) to Virtual Member Manager (VMM) and a Federated Repository, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from repositories via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 35406 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21375859 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- websphere-issecurityenabled-info-disclosure(50882) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- PK78134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0896 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-0899)Record last updated .