CVE-2018-1798: IBM WebSphere Application Server

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 149428.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: from 7.0.0.0, up to and including 7.0.0.45; from 8.0.0.0, up to and including 8.0.0.15; from 8.5.0.0, up to and including 8.5.5.14; from 9.0.0.0, up to and including 9.0.0.9

Published 2018-11-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.