CVE-2019-4269
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 Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 Admin Console could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a specially crafted url causes a stack trace to be dumped. IBM X-Force ID: 160202.
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 Application Server versions 7.0 through 9.0 Admin Console contains an information disclosure vulnerability where specially crafted URLs can cause stack traces to be dumped to the response, potentially revealing internal paths, version information, class names, and other sensitive system details that could aid further attacks.
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>= 9.0.0.0, <= 9.0.0.11CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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Identify WebSphere Application Server versionRun the versionInfo script in the bin directory (versionInfo.sh or versionInfo.bat) or check the installed.xml file in the properties directoryAffected if The installed version is 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.11
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Confirm Admin Console is enabledCheck if the Admin Console application is deployed and accessible; typically accessed via /ibm/console or /console URL pathAffected if The Admin Console is accessible and running
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Test for stack trace disclosureSend a specially crafted or malformed URL request to the Admin Console endpoint and inspect the HTTP responseAffected if The response contains stack traces, Java class names, internal file paths, or version information
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Check error handling configurationReview the web.xml deployment descriptor for the Admin Console and check custom-error-page configurationAffected if No custom error pages are configured, allowing default stack trace output
A user is affected if WebSphere Application Server version 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.11 is installed with the Admin Console enabled and responses can leak stack trace information to unauthenticated or authenticated users.
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 the IBM-provided patch or upgrade to a fixed version of WebSphere Application Server; as a compensating control, implement custom error pages and input validation to prevent stack traces from being returned to users.
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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-2019-4269 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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