TI-2005-01979 Aliases CVE-2005-2091 GHSA-j5x8-4v22-2qmv

IBM WebSphere 5.1 and WebSphere 5.0 allows remote attackers to poison the web cache…

LOW 23Published 2005-06-30 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

IBM WebSphere 5.1 and WebSphere 5.0 allows remote attackers to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks via an HTTP request with both a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header and a Content-Length header, which causes WebSphere to incorrectly handle and forward the body of the request in a way that causes the receiving server to process it as a separate HTTP request, aka "HTTP Request Smuggling."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01515 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:5.0:::::::*	5.0	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:5.1.0:::::::*	5.1.0	Vulnerable	IBM

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.0 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-2091
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j5x8-4v22-2qmv

References

Exploit 1

http://www.securiteam.com/securityreviews/5GP0220G0U.html

Other 2

TI-2015-06198 Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2010-00403 modules/arch/win32/mod_isapi.c in mod_isapi in the Apache HTTP Server 2.0.37 through… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2019-03185 Deserialization of untrusted data in IBM WebSphere Application Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-03809 Deserialization of untrusted data in IBM WebSphere Application Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-24648 IBM WebSphere Application Server code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-03807 Deserialization of untrusted data in IBM WebSphere Application Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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