CVE-2018-1859
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 could allow a user authenticated as an administrator with...
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 could allow a user authenticated as an administrator with limited rights to escalate their privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 151258.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 could allow a user authenticated as an administrator with limited rights to escalate their privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 151258.
- Record
CVE-2018-1859- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:U/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-12438
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 could allow a user authenticated as an administrator with limited rights to escalate their privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 151258.
- Record
EUVD-2018-12438- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:U/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gfm6-wvpj-vx32
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 could allow a user authenticated as an administrator with...
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 could allow a user authenticated as an administrator with limited rights to escalate their privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 151258.
- Record
GHSA-gfm6-wvpj-vx32- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.4 could allow a user authenticated as an administrator with limited rights to escalate their privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 151258.
- Record
CVE-2018-1859- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-1859 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Ibm Api Connect, published January 4, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.