FKIE_CVE-2018-1791

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-09-14 12:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:51
Severity
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
Summary
IBM Connections 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 is vulnerable to an External Service Interaction attack, caused by improper validation of a request property. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the Connections server to attack other systems. IBM X-Force ID: 148946.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148946VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10731207Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148946VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10731207Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm connections 5.0
ibm connections 5.5
ibm connections 6.0
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