ZDF
Sign inSign up

Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2015-7450

IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection.

Published Jan 2, 2016 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition

Patch now

CVE-2015-7450 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 10, 2022. Confirm IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
97.76%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe ibm/sterling b2b integrator · cpe ibm/sterling integrator · cpe ibm/tivoli common reporting · vendor IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe ibm/sterling b2b integrator5.2
  • cpe ibm/sterling integrator5.1
  • cpe ibm/tivoli common reporting2.1
  • cpe ibm/tivoli common reporting2.1.1
  • cpe ibm/tivoli common reporting2.1.1.2
  • cpe ibm/tivoli common reporting3.1
  • cpe ibm/tivoli common reporting3.1.0.1
  • cpe ibm/tivoli common reporting3.1.0.2
  • vendor IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Editionversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-7450

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2015-7450 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 10, 2022. Confirm IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with ibm/sterling b2b integrator 5.2; ibm/sterling integrator 5.1; ibm/tivoli common reporting 2.1; ibm/tivoli common reporting 2.1.1. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data; CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 97.76%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 2, 2016 · Catalog

    Detected

    Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.

  2. Jan 10, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jul 10, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-7450

    Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-7450

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-7450

    30-day exploitation probability 97.8%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference41613

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/misc/ibm_websphere_java_deserialize

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2015-7450

    Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2015-7450

    Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.