CVE-2021-38928 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.0.0.0 through 6.1.2.1 uses Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) which could allow an attacker to carry out privileged actions and retrieve sensitive information as the domain name is not being limited to only trusted domains. IBM X-Force ID: 210323.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00092.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Sterling B2b Integrator

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_b2b_integrator:::::standard:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_b2b_integrator:::::standard:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_b2b_integrator:::::standard:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_b2b_integrator:6.1.2.0::::standard:::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-25365	IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.0.0.0 through 6.1.2.1 uses Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) which could allow an attacker to carry out privileged actions and retrieve sensitive information as the domain name is not being limited to only trusted domains. IBM X-Force ID: 210323.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210323
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6852467

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2023-01-04T17:26:59.970Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T13:54:51.823Z

Reserved: 2021-08-16T18:59:46.171Z

Link: CVE-2021-38928

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:51:20.838Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-04T18:15:08.693

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:18:13.720

Link: CVE-2021-38928

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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