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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2008-0901

High
7.1/10

Summary

BEA WebLogic Server and Express 7.0 through 10.0 allows remote attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks, even when account lockout has been activated, via crafted URLs that indicate whether a guessed password is successful or not.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published