CVE-2018-1621 Information disclosure in WebSphere Application Server

What is CVE-2018-1621?

CVE-2018-1621 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 6 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to obtain clear text password in a trace file caused by improper handling of some datasource custom properties. IBM X-Force ID: 144346.

Weakness: CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1621?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1621?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-1621 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server

• CVE-2015-1920 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-0462 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1377 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3186 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1899 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ibm Websphere Application Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-j697-3p87-7xvq.