Vigil@nce - IBM WebSphere Application Server: information disclosure via JAX-RS API
July 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can use a vulnerability via JAX-RS API of IBM
WebSphere Application Server, in order to obtain sensitive
information.
Impacted products: WebSphere AS.
Severity: 1/4.
Creation date: 01/07/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The IBM WebSphere Application Server product offers a web service.
However, an attacker can make profit from the absence of the flag
"HTTPOnly" to bypass access restrictions to cookies.
An attacker can therefore use a vulnerability via JAX-RS API of
IBM WebSphere Application Server, in order to obtain sensitive
information.
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