CVE-2017-1539

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

IBM Business Process Manager 7.5, 8.0, and 8.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation by not properly distinguishing internal group memberships from user registry group memberships. By manipulating LDAP group membership an attack might gain privileged access. IBM X-Force ID: 130807.

Affected products

IBM Business Process Manager: 7.5.0.0, 7.5.0.1, 7.5.1.0, 7.5.1.1, 7.5.1.2, 8.0.0.0 (+12)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007451
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100967
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130807
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22007451
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100967
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130807

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