CVE-2004-0470
BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 7.0 through SP5 and 8.1 through SP2, when editing weblogic.xml using WebLogic Builder or the SecurityRoleAssignmentMBean.toXML method, inadvertently removes security-role-assignment tags when weblogic.xml does not have a principal-name tag, which can remove intended access restrictions for the associated web application.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2004-0469)
- Published
- July 7, 2004
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2004-0469 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bea / weblogic server
- bea / weblogic server
- bea / weblogic server
- bea / weblogic server
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 SP5 - BEA Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0023-2006 - archived
- BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 SP6 with BEA05-107.00 Advisory Patch - BEA Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0006-2006 - archived
References
- http://dev2dev.bea.com/resourcelibrary/advisoriesnotifications/BEA04_59.00.jsp(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11593
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010128
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/950070(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/6076
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10328
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16123
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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