CVE-2001-1189: IBM WebSphere Application Server

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Websphere Application Server 3.5.3 and earlier stores a password in cleartext in the sas.server.props file, which allows local users to obtain the passwords via a JSP script.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: version 3.0 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.2.1 only; version 3.0.2.2 only; version 3.0.2.3 only; version 3.0.2.4 only; …

Published 2001-12-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.