IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0, with the Ajax Proxy Web Application (AjaxProxy.war) deployed, is vulnerable to spo…

published 2022-05-20 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-27511

cvss: 5.6; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0, with the Ajax Proxy Web Application (AjaxProxy.war) deployed, is vulnerable to spoofing by allowing a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof SSL server hostnames. IBM X-Force ID: 220904.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6587947 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.6	CVSS:3.0/I:L/A:L/S:U/AV:N/UI:N/C:L/AC:H/PR:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
NVD	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.0	5.6	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6587947
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/220904
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-22365
NVD CVE-2022-22365

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