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CVE-2018-19505

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Remedy AR System Server in BMC Remedy 7.1 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, because userdata.js in the WOI:WorkOrderConsole component allows a username substitution involving a UserData_Init call.

Affected products

• BMC Remedy Action Request System Server: 7.1

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150492/BMC-Remedy-7.1-User-Impersonation.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/62
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042177
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150492/BMC-Remedy-7.1-User-Impersonation.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/62
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042177

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