CVE-2022-38712 — "IBM WebSphere Application Server 7

"IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 Web services could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to conduct SOAPAction spoofing to execute unwanted or unauthorized operations. IBM X-Force ID: 234762."

01What is this vulnerability?

"IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 Web services could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to conduct SOAPAction spoofing to execute unwanted or unauthorized operations. IBM X-Force ID: 234762."

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / IBM WebSphere Application Server	"7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0"

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-02T20:15:45.552Z

09References

• www.ibm.com — https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6829907