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CVE-2018-1996

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1996 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0, stemming from improper TLS configuration. This flaw allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information through man-in-the-middle attacks, with a CVSS score of 5.3. While the attack complexity is high and requires low privileges, the potential impact is a high confidentiality breach. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0.0.0, <= 7.0.0.45CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0.0, <= 8.0.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.5.0.0, <= 8.5.5.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0.0.0, <= 9.0.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 1,428 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/154650
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107155
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry