IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused when a securit…

Published 7 y ago 2018-12-03 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.0

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.1%

percentile 82%

Public exploits

none known

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused when a security domain is configured to use a federated repository other than global federated repository and then migrated to a newer release of WebSphere Application Server. IBM X-Force ID: 150813.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.14% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	6.0	`CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:H/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O`
CNA	3.0	6.0	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`
NVD	3.0	8.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/150813 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10735767 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/106141 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-1840
NVD: CVE-2018-1840

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