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CVE-2018-1672

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 may fail to set the correct user context in certain impersonation scenarios, which can allow a user to act with the identity of a different user. IBM X-Force ID: 144958.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Portal: 7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.1-cf011, 7.0.0.1-cf012, 7.0.0.1-cf013, 7.0.0.1-cf014 (+73)

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041766
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144958
• https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716981
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041766
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144958
• https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716981

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