CVE-2014-8890
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging the combination of a servlet's deployment descriptor security constraints and ServletSecurity annotations.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8717)
- Published
- December 18, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8717 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 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
References
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI29911
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21690185(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21963275
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71834
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033384
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99009
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
Query CVEs from your AI assistant
The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.
Add the CVE brain