cve-2023-38738
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-19 00:41
Modified
2024-08-02 17:54
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security in a OpenPages environment using Native authentication. If OpenPages is using Native authentication an attacker with access to the OpenPages database could through a series of specially crafted steps could exploit this weakness and gain unauthorized access to other OpenPages accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 262594.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262594VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7107775Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262594VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7107775Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM OpenPages with Watson Version: 8.3, 9.0
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