CVE-2018-1791
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.98% probability · 62th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- ibm/connections
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS 1.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148946VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10731207Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148946VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10731207Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.