Medium severity · published Oct 1, 2018
CVE-2018-1420
IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 resets access control settings to the out of the box configuration during Combined Cumulative Fix (CF) installation
6.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 resets access control settings to the out of the box configuration during Combined Cumulative Fix (CF) installation. This can lead to security miss-configuration of the installation. IBM X-Force ID: 138950.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
Websphere Portal · Ibm
7.0.0.0; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.0.1; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1420
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1420
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041767
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138950
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014276
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