CVE-2023-40683 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting IBM OpenPages with Watson versions 8.3 and 9.0, allowing authenticated attackers to bypass security restrictions and gain unauthorized administrative access. The vulnerability stems from insufficient authorization checks within non-public APIs. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this flaw presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.3, < 8.3.0.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openpages_with_watson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openpages_with_watson:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.