What is CVE-2018-1480?

CVE-2018-1480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2018-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-1480?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform

CVE-2018-1480

IBM BigFix Platform 9.2.0 through 9.2.14 and 9.5 through 9.5.9 does not set the 'HttpOnly' attribute on authorization tokens or session cookies. If a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability also existed attackers may be able to get the cookie values via malicious JavaScript and then hijack the user session. IBM X-Force ID: 140762.

Published 2018-12-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Platform — versions 9.2.14, 9.5.9, 9.5.0
IBM Bigfix Platform

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140762 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1480?: CVE-2018-1480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2018-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-1480?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.