{"id":"CVE-2009-0438","description":"IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 before 7.0.0.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass \"Authorization checking\" and obtain sensitive information from JSP pages via a crafted request.  NOTE: this is probably a duplicate of CVE-2008-5412.","cvssScore":5,"cvssVersion":"2.0","cvssVector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","cvssMetrics":[{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","source":"nvd@nist.gov","sourceName":"NVD","type":"Primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-264"],"resolved":"NO-FIX-IDENTIFIED","published":"2009-02-10","lastModified":"2026-06-16","affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"ibm","product":"websphere application server","version":"7.0"}],"totalAffectedProducts":1,"references":[{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK75248","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33700","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48528","source":"cve@mitre.org"}],"reasoning":{"decidingSource":"no-exploit","decidingReason":"Resolved from QUEUED-FOR-REVIEW: this CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.","verdicts":[{"rule":"rejected","stage":"identity","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-patch-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-secure-rule-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"manual-classification","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"h2-history","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"non-java-upstream","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"oracle-component","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"osv-maven","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"cna-maven-package","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"known-cpe-product","stage":"scope","outcome":"matched","status":"QUEUED-FOR-REVIEW","detail":"Matches known products: ibm/websphere_application_server"},{"rule":"patch-hint","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"open-source-maven","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"poc-derivable","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"no-exploit","stage":"disposition","outcome":"matched","status":"NO-FIX-IDENTIFIED","detail":"No public exploits or POCs found in Exploit-DB, Nuclei templates, or GitHub POC repositories, and CISA's Vulnrichment assessment records no demonstrated exploit. No upstream fix reference or open-source Maven package was found either, so there is nothing to act on from either direction.","decisive":true},{"rule":"secure-rule-match","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"below-action-threshold","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"},{"rule":"no-exploit-published","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"}],"affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"ibm","product":"websphere_application_server","isKnown":true,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","source":"yaml"}]},"assessment":{"record":{"state":"active"},"protection":{"level":"none"},"action":{"state":"not-needed"},"review":{"state":"automated","basis":"upstream-data"}},"signals":{"hasPOC":false,"pocCount":0},"kev":{"inKEV":false},"epss":{"available":true,"score":0.01242,"percentile":0.67597},"ssvc":{"available":false}}