CVE-2018-1973
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 allows a user with limited 'API Administrator level access to give themselves full 'Administrator' level access through the members functionality.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 allows a user with limited 'API Administrator level access to give themselves full 'Administrator' level access through the members functionality. IBM X-Force ID: 153914.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.30% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- ibm/api connect
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS 2.3% 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106281Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153914VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10788339Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106281Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153914VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10788339Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.