{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40683 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-40683 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM OpenPages with Watson, published on 19 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40683 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-40683 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM OpenPages with Watson, published on 19 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40683 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM OpenPages with Watson. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40683/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40683/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-40683","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40683/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-40683","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-5m9f-w8v4-rvgm"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM OpenPages","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers can bypass security restrictions via non-public APIs to gain unauthorized administrative access to IBM OpenPages with Watson.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"openpages_with_watson","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-285","name":"Improper Authorization"}],"description":"IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could allow remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by insufficient authorization checks. By authenticating as an OpenPages user and using non-public APIs, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security and gain unauthorized administrative access to the application.  IBM X-Force ID:  264005.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"IBM OpenPages with Watson privilege escalation","id":"CVE-2023-40683","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"IBM Content Navigator cross-site scripting","id":"CVE-2023-40684"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"IBM App Connect Enterprise information disclosure","id":"CVE-2023-40682"},"products":["OpenPages with Watson"],"published":"2024-01-19","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"File upload in OpenPages with Watson","id":"CVE-2021-29907","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-31"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"IBM OpenPages XML external entity injection","id":"CVE-2024-49781","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-20"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"IBM OpenPages improper certificate validation","id":"CVE-2024-49782","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-20"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"IBM OpenPages with Watson information disclosure","id":"CVE-2023-38738","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-01-19"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"IBM OpenPages with Watson cross-site scripting","id":"CVE-2023-43039","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-08"},{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"IBM OpenPages HTML injection","id":"CVE-2024-49337","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-20"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-30","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers can bypass security restrictions via non-public APIs to gain unauthorized administrative access to IBM OpenPages with Watson.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40683/"}