CVE-2018-1420 Misconfiguration in WebSphere Portal
Installing cumulative fixes resets access controls to defaults, potentially exposing the portal to unauthorized access due to misconfiguration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1420?
CVE-2018-1420 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, published on 1 Oct 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1420?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1420?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-1420 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1420 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Portal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xxr9-6j7m-9mvq.