CVE-2018-1840 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 8.5 and 9.0. This flaw occurs when a security domain configured with a non-global federated repository is migrated to a newer WebSphere release. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a critical risk. It is remotely exploitable with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.5.0.0, <= 8.5.5.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0.0.0, <= 9.0.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.