Privilege escalation in IBM API Connect - CVE-2018-1973
Published: December 18, 2018 / Updated: December 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16675
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1973
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote attacker with limited 'API Administrator' level access and gain full 'Administrator' level access through the members functionality.
Affected software
IBM API Connect
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1973
Update to version 5.0.8.5.
IBM API Connect - update to 5.0.8.5