CVE-2018-1797

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 78.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-11-16 16:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 02:15Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-12-13

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:L/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e56abb03903cea05ab6fb05ff788be3a2bef79a55fca1c0740c0429b9f5c1da7

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-websphere-cve20181797-file-write(149427)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149427vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.securityfocus.com105982http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105982vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1042146http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042146vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10730699x_refsource_CONFIRM