CVE-2018-1539 Auth bypass in Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

Medium 5.4 Published 25 Sep 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can bypass authentication by accessing unintended pages directly, potentially gaining unauthorized access to the system.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-1539?

CVE-2018-1539 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager, published on 25 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6 could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via a direct request or forced browsing to a page other than URL intended. IBM X-Force ID: 142561.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1539?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1539?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2018-1539 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1539 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2cjg-6xm9-4wh6.