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CVE-2019-8978

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-8978 is an improper authentication vulnerability affecting Ellucian Banner Web Tailor versions 8.8.3, 8.8.4, 8.9 and Banner Enterprise Identity Services versions 8.3 through 8.4, when used with SSO Manager. This race condition allows a remote attacker to hijack a victim's session and cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_enterprise_identity_services:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_enterprise_identity_services:8.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_enterprise_identity_services:8.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_enterprise_identity_services:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_web_tailor:8.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0586 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/152856/Ellucian-Banner-Web-Tailor-Banner-Enterprise-Identity-Services-Improper-Authentication.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/May/18
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
ecommunities.ellucian.com / message/252749
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ecommunities.ellucian.com / message/252810
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raw.githubusercontent.com / JoshuaMulliken/CVE-2019-8978/master/README.txt
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/May/31
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory