CVE-2016-2901

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the PA_Theme_Creator application in IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 CF08 through CF10 and Web Content Manager allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983974	Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI62594
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036143	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:8.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:web_content_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-06-25 18:59

Updated : 2016-08-18 08:23

NVD link : CVE-2016-2901

Mitre link : CVE-2016-2901

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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Products Affected

ibm

websphere_portal
web_content_manager

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