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GlassFish LFI

By
Anandhu K A
Published on
01 Oct 2021
Vulnerability

In Oracle GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.1 the Administration Console is listening by default on port 4848/TCP, and is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. This vulnerability can be exploited by issuing a specially crafted HTTP GET request.

Impact

This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers to access sensitive data on the server being authenticated.

Mitigation / Precaution

We recommend you to update GlassFish Server to the latest version.

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