Privilege escalation in IBM API Connect - CVE-2018-1784
Published: December 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16716
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1784
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a NoSQL injection in MongoDB connector for the LoopBack framework. A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges and gain read/modify access to arbitrary data.
Affected software
IBM API Connect
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1784
Update to version 5.0.8.5.
IBM API Connect - update to 5.0.8.5