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.

EPSS: 0.011 (63.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.