CVE-2016-2998 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that update data.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.0.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.5.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.0.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.5.0.0:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Ibm Subscribe	Connections Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4071	Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that update data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO89929
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988991
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92578

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2016-09-01T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:40:14.488Z

Reserved: 2016-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2998

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-01T10:59:06.123

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-2998

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-352

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