CVE-2018-1672

MEDIUM

IBM WebSphere Portal - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 may fail to set the correct user context in certain impersonation scenarios, which can allow a user to act with the identity of a different user. IBM X-Force ID: 144958.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144958
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041766
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716981

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0
EPSS 0.0116
EPSS Percentile 63.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (5)
ibm/websphere_portal 7.0.0.0
ibm/websphere_portal 7.0.0.1 (11 CPE variants)
ibm/websphere_portal 7.0.0.2 (20 CPE variants)
ibm/websphere_portal 8.0.0.0 (7 CPE variants)
ibm/websphere_portal 8.0.0.1 (11 CPE variants)
Published Oct 01, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026