CVE-2019-4444
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM API Connect 2018.1 through 2018.4.1.7 Developer Portal's user registration page does not disable password autocomplete. An attacker with access to the browser instance and local system credentials can steal the credentials used for registration. IBM X-Force ID: 163453.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe IBM API Connect 2018.1-2018.4.1.7 Developer Portal user registration page contains an HTML form input field for passwords that lacks the autocomplete='off' attribute. This allows web browsers to cache the entered credentials, enabling an attacker with physical or logical access to the browser to retrieve stored credentials via browser password managers or cached autocomplete data.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 2018.1.0, <= 2018.4.1.7CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify IBM API Connect version is within affected rangeCheck the installed IBM API Connect version through the API Connect management UI or command line tools. Compare the version number to the affected range 2018.1.0 through 2018.4.1.7.Affected if The installed version falls within 2018.1.0 to 2018.4.1.7 inclusive.
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Confirm Developer Portal is enabledAccess the API Connect management interface and verify the Developer Portal is provisioned and accessible.Affected if Developer Portal is running and accessible to users.
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Inspect user registration page HTML sourceNavigate to the Developer Portal user registration page, right-click and view the page source, then locate the password input field (typically an input element with type='password').Affected if The password input field does not include the attribute autocomplete='off'.
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Check browser credential storageOpen the browser password manager settings or examine browser autofill data while on the registration page to see if credentials are being offered for storage.Affected if The browser offers to save or auto-fills credentials for the registration page.
A user is affected if running IBM API Connect version 2018.1.0-2018.4.1.7 with the Developer Portal enabled and the registration page password field lacks the autocomplete='off' attribute.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataAdd the autocomplete='off' attribute to the password input field in the Developer Portal user registration template, and optionally to all other password fields throughout the portal.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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