{"id":"CVE-2023-38738","aliases":["EUVD-2023-42513","GHSA-p56m-3v53-439x"],"status":"published","title":"IBM OpenPages with Watson information disclosure","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00528,"percentile":0.45022,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-257"],"published":"2024-01-19T00:41:22Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:11:04Z","products":[{"vendor":"ibm","product":"openpages with watson"},{"vendor":"ibm","product":"openpages_with_watson"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7107775","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262594","tags":["vdb-entry","x_transferred","VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38738"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p56m-3v53-439x"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-38738","title":"IBM OpenPages with Watson information disclosure","description":"\nIBM 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.\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-19T00:41:22.409Z","modified":"2025-06-16T19:50:19.73Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-257"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:29.772612Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-42513","description":"\nIBM 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.\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-19T00:41:22Z","modified":"2025-06-16T19:50:19Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:23.224988Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-p56m-3v53-439x","title":"\nIBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security in a OpenPages...","description":"\nIBM 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.\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-19T03:30:22Z","modified":"2024-01-19T03:30:25Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-257"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:55:26.812198Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-38738","description":"\nIBM 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.\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-19T01:15:08.717Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:11:04.477Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-257"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:01.900189Z"}]}}