IBM WebSphere Commerce 7.0 Encryption cryptographic issue

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.3$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere Commerce 7.0. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Encryption. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-2751. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere Commerce 7.0 (Application Server Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Encryption. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

IBM WebSphere Commerce 7.0 uses the same cryptographic key for session attributes and merchant data encryption, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

The weakness was shared 02/05/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-1.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2751 since 08/12/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/30/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 87085 (IBM WebSphere Commerce Multiple Vulnerabilities (JR35199,JR35136)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56089), SecurityFocus (BID 38327†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35071†). The entry VDB-51765 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

08/12/2009 🔍
02/05/2010 +177 days 🔍
02/05/2010 +0 days 🔍
02/05/2010 +0 days 🔍
02/19/2010 +14 days 🔍
05/16/2012 +817 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1036 days 🔍
04/30/2026 +4061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-1.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2009-2751 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2751
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51764
X-Force: 56089
SecurityFocus: 38327 - IBM WebSphere Commerce Encryption Key Remote Security Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 35071 - IBM WebSphere Commerce 7.0 Improper Cryptographic Key Handling Results Unspecified Remote Impact, Medium

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/30/2026 13:15
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (51), 04/11/2017 22:14 (11), 04/30/2026 13:15 (17)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Are you interested in using VulDB?

Download the whitepaper to learn more about our service!