CVE-2023-38738 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-38738

IBM OpenPages with Watson information disclosure

Vulnerability Description

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security in a OpenPages environment using Native authentication. If OpenPages is using Native authentication an attacker with access to the OpenPages database could through a series of specially crafted steps could exploit this weakness and gain unauthorized access to other OpenPages accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 262594.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

OpenPages with Watson
Vulnerable Versions:
8.3, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 19th, 2024
Last Modified: June 16th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-257

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.