CVE-2005-4756 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express versions 8.1 SP4 and earlier, and 7.0 SP5 and earlier. The flaw stems from improper validation of derived Principals when multiple PrincipalValidators are present. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain privileges with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:*:express:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp1:express:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.