CVE-2018-1957

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-12-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 9 could allow sensitive information to be available caused by mishandling of data by the application based on an incorrect return by the httpServletRequest#authenticate() API when an unprotected URI is accessed. IBM X-Force ID: 153629.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: from 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.9

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106203
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153629
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106203
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153629
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744247

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