CVE-2009-0508: IBM WebSphere Application Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Servlet Engine/Web Container and JSP components in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 5.1.0, 5.1.1.19, 6.0.2 before 6.0.2.35, 6.1 before 6.1.0.23, and 7.0 before 7.0.0.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files contained in war files in (1) web-inf, (2) meta-inf, and unspecified other directories via unknown vectors, related to (a) web-based applications and (b) the administrative console.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: version 5.1.0 only; version 5.1.1.19 only; version 6.0.2 only; version 6.0.2.1 only; version 6.0.2.3 only; version 6.0.2.5 only; …

Published 2009-03-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.