What is CVE-2018-1672?

CVE-2018-1672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, classified under Improper Authentication. 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.

Auth bypass 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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.012 (63.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Ibm Websphere Portal — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Ibm Websphere_portal — versions 7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1672?: CVE-2018-1672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, classified under Improper Authentication. 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.