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CVE-2018-15761

UAA Privilege Escalation

CRITICAL
9.9
CVSS Score
Published: November 19, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsCloud Foundry UaaCloud Foundry Uaa ReleaseUaa Release

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Severity
CRITICAL9.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Cloud Foundry UAA release, versions prior to v64.0, and UAA, versions prior to 4.23.0, contains a validation error which allows for privilege escalation. A remote authenticated user may modify the url and content of a consent page to gain a token with arbitrary scopes that escalates their privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cloud Foundry Uaa· Pivotal
95%
v < 4.23.0
Affected range stops below 4.23.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Cloud Foundry Uaa Release· Pivotal
95%
v < 64.0
Affected range stops below 64.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Uaa Release· Cloudfoundry
60%
v < 64.0
Affected range stops below 64.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
User Account and Authentication· Cloudfoundry
60%
v < 4.23.0
Affected range stops below 4.23.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2018-15761/

CVSS

9.9CRITICALdell
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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