CVE-2018-1661 Cross-site request forgery in DataPower Gateways

What is CVE-2018-1661?

CVE-2018-1661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Datapower Gateway, published on 20 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

IBM DataPower Gateways 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, and 7.6 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 144887.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1661?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Datapower Gateway.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1661?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1661 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-1661 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1661 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Datapower Gateway

• CVE-2026-14269 IBM DataPower Gateway Buffer Overflow Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-14502 IBM DataPower Gateway Improper Authentication Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-14991 IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-14992 IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-15762 IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write Critical 9.8

All Ibm Datapower Gateway vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-5mj6-57g3-whr2.