CVE-2018-1957 Information disclosure in WebSphere Application Server

What is CVE-2018-1957?

CVE-2018-1957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 10 Dec 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 9 could allow sensitive information to be available caused by mishandling of data by the application based on an incorrect return by the httpServletRequest#authenticate() API when an unprotected URI is accessed. IBM X-Force ID: 153629.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1957?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1957?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1957 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-1957 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1957 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-73v9-83p6-8fgh.