CVE-2006-2430
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 and earlier, 5.1.1 and earlier, and 6.0.2 up to 6.0.2.7 records user credentials in plaintext in addNode.log, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 2.8% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-2431)
- Published
- May 17, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-2431 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 6.0.2.3 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0024-2006 - archived
- IBM WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2.8 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0082-2004 - archived
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20032(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/910
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&dc=DB550&q1=PK16492&uid=swg1PK22416&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=(Patch)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24011773(Patch)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012009(Patch)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012064(Patch)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK16492&apar=only(Patch)
- http://www.osvdb.org/25372
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1736
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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