CVE-2014-0943
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM WebSphere Commerce 6.0 Feature Pack 2 through Feature Pack 5, 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.0.8, and 7.0 Feature Pack 1 through Feature Pack 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and daemon crash) via a malformed id parameter in a request.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIBM WebSphere Commerce fails to properly validate the id parameter in HTTP requests, allowing remote attackers to send malformed input that causes excessive resource consumption and ultimately daemon crash, resulting in denial of service.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6.0.0.0= 7.0= 7.0.0.1= 7.0.0.2= 7.0.0.3= 7.0.0.4= 7.0.0.5= 7.0.0.6= 7.0.0.7= 7.0.0.8CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify IBM WebSphere Commerce is installedCheck for the product installation directory (commonly at /opt/IBM/WebSphere or C:\IBM\WebSphere) or look for the 'WebSphere Commerce' process running on the server.Affected if The product is present on the system.
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Identify the installed versionLocate the version file in the installation directory, typically found in the bin or properties subdirectory, or access the WebSphere Commerce Administration Console and view the system information page.Affected if The version matches any of: 6.0.0.0, 7.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.3, 7.0.0.4, 7.0.0.5, 7.0.0.6, 7.0.0.7, or 7.0.0.8.
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Confirm web storefront is accessibleCheck if the HTTP or HTTPS port used by WebSphere Commerce (commonly port 80, 443, 8080, or 9443) is listening and reachable by running 'netstat -an | grep <port>' or attempting to access the storefront URL.Affected if The web interface is exposed and accepting HTTP requests.
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Verify the id parameter handler is activeThe vulnerability affects the id parameter in HTTP requests to the Commerce web modules. Confirm the Store or Accelerator web application is deployed and running by checking the WebSphere Application Server admin console or examining the deployed WAR files.Affected if The web storefront modules are deployed and running.
If the installed IBM WebSphere Commerce version matches 6.0.0.0, 7.0, or any 7.0.0.x through 7.0.0.8 AND the web storefront is accessible, the environment is affected by this CVE.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply IBM WebSphere Commerce security patches or upgrade to a non-vulnerable version. Consider implementing WAF rules to filter malformed id parameter requests as a temporary mitigation until patching is completed.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-0943 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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