HIGH
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
Published May 17, 2006
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.83%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.2.1
- 6.0.2.2
- 6.0.2.3
- 6.0.2.4
- 6.0.2.5
- 6.0.2.6
- 6.0.2.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.83% 0.02835
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02835
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.83% (0.02835) | 86.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.83% (0.02835) | 84.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.23% (0.01225) | 77.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.03% (0.02027) | 89.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 2.03% (0.02028) | 87.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 21, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01140) | 82.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.08% (0.01084) | 82.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20032 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/910 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&dc=DB550&q1=PK16492&uid=swg1PK22416&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang= vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24011773 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012009 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012064 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK16492&apar=only vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/25372 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1736 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20032 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/910 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&dc=DB550&q1=PK16492&uid=swg1PK22416&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang= | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24011773 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012009 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012064 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK16492&apar=only | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARPatch | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/25372 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1736 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 17, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 17, 2006
Link CVE-2006-2430
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a