CVE-2009-0891
The Web Services Security component in IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 before Fix Pack 1 (7.0.0.1), 6.1 before Fix Pack 23 (6.1.0.23),and 6.0.2 before Fix Pack 33 (6.0.2.33) does not properly enforce (1) nonce and (2) timestamp expiration values in WS-Security bindings as stored in the com.ibm.wsspi.wssecurity.core custom property, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct session hijacking attacks.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0888)
- Published
- March 25, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0888 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / websphere application server
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Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1.0.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0013-2007 - archived
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1.0.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0012-2007 - archived
- IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V6.1.0.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0014-2007 - archived
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 6.0.2.3 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0024-2006 - archived
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34131
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006876(Patch)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951(Patch)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463(Patch)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK66676&apar=only
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49391
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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