CVE-2023-40683 (GCVE-0-2023-40683)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-19 00:54 – Updated: 2025-05-30 14:26
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Title
IBM OpenPages with Watson privilege escalation
Summary
IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 could allow remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by insufficient authorization checks. By authenticating as an OpenPages user and using non-public APIs, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security and gain unauthorized administrative access to the application. IBM X-Force ID: 264005.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM OpenPages with Watson Affected: 8.3, 9.0
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