What is CVE-2018-1820?

CVE-2018-1820 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-1820?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Ibm Websphere Portal

CVE-2018-1820

IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disc…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (58.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Websphere Portal — versions 8.0, 9.0, 8.5
Ibm Websphere_portal — versions 8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1820?: CVE-2018-1820 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-1820?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.