FKIE_CVE-2018-15761

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-11-19 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:43
Severity
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cloud Foundry UAA release, versions prior to v64.0, and UAA, versions prior to 4.23.0, contains a validation error which allows for privilege escalation. A remote authenticated user may modify the url and content of a consent page to gain a token with arbitrary scopes that escalates their privileges.
References
security_alert@emc.comhttps://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2018-15761/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2018-15761/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pivotal_software cloud_foundry_uaa *
pivotal_software cloudfoundry_uaa_release *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:43:04.323",
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