What is CVE-2018-1672?

CVE-2018-1672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2018-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-1672?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal

CVE-2018-1672

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (45.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:H/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O.

Affected products

Ibm Websphere Portal — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

References

ibm-websphere-cve20181672-session-fixation(144958) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
1041766 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1672?: CVE-2018-1672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2018-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-1672?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.