CVE-2006-2430

critical

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 and earlier, 5.1.1 and earlier, and 6.0.2 up to 6.0.2.7 records user credentials in plaintext in addNode.log, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1736

http://www.osvdb.org/25372

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK16492&apar=only

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012064

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012009

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24011773

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&dc=DB550&q1=PK16492&uid=swg1PK22416&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/910

http://secunia.com/advisories/20032

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H