IBM API Connect 2018.1/2018.4.1.4 Clickjacking privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in IBM API Connect 2018.1/2018.4.1.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is a part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (Clickjacking). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-451. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2019. The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-2015 since 12/13/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 05/02/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Vendor

• IBM

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• API Connect

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Class: Privilege escalation / Clickjacking (CWE-451)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: ?Recommended: no mitigation known
0-Day Time: ?12/13/2017 CVE assigned
05/02/2019 +505 days Advisory disclosed
05/02/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/02/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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CVE: CVE-2018-2015 (?)

Created: 05/02/2019 09:41 PM
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