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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-1976

Severity Medium
Score 4.9/10

Summary

IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 is impacted by sensitive information disclosure via a REST API that could allow a user with administrative privileges to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 154031.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published