CVE-2006-4223
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) before 6.0.2.13 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors related to "JSP source code exposure" (PK23475), which occurs when ibm-web-ext.xmi sets fileServingEnabled to true or ExtendedDocumentRoot is used to place a JSP outside a WAR.file; (3) the First Failure Data Capture (ffdc) log file (PK24834); and (4) traces (PK25568), a different issue than CVE-2006-4137.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (72th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4213)
- Published
- August 18, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4213 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
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- IBM WebSphere MQ 6.0.1.1 - IBM United Kingdom Limited - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0031-2006 - archived
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/21487(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24478(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27006876#60213
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21243541
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24013827
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22991
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3281(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0970(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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