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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-1839

Medium
5/10

Summary

IBM Rational Build Forge 7.1.0 uses the HTTP GET method during redirection from the authentication servlet to a PHP script, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to discover session IDs by reading (1) web-server access logs, (2) web-server Referer logs, or (3) the browser history.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • 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