Vigil@nce - WebSphere AS: Cross Site Request Forgery via Admin Console
February 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Request Forgery via Admin
Console of WebSphere AS, in order to force the victim to perform
operations.
Impacted products: Rational ClearCase, Tivoli System Automation,
WebSphere AS Traditional.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 11/12/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The WebSphere AS product offers a web service.
However, the origin of queries is not checked. They can for
example originate from an image included in an HTML document.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Request Forgery via
Admin Console of WebSphere AS, in order to force the victim to
perform operations.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WebSphere-AS-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-via-Admin-Console-27995