CVE-2016-9692
moderate-risk
Published 2017-05-05
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 is vulnerable to External Service Interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application server to attack other systems that it can interact with. IBM X-Force ID: 119516.
Do I need to act?
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0.86% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.6/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (6)
Websphere Cast Iron Solution
Websphere Cast Iron Solution
Websphere Cast Iron Solution
Websphere Cast Iron Solution
Websphere Cast Iron Solution
Websphere Cast Iron Solution
Affected Vendors
References (4)
45
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
29/34 · Critical
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
13/34 · Low