CVE-2021-39038: IBM WebSphere Application Server

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.2 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 213968.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: from 9.0.0.0, before 9.0.5.12 (fixed in 9.0.5.12); from 17.0.0.3, up to and including 22.0.0.2

Published 2022-02-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.