CVE-2018-1840 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-1840

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WebSphere Application Server
Vulnerable Versions:
8.5, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 3rd, 2018
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: 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

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.