Cross-site request forgery in IBM Storage Ceph

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU64399

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21703

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim into inviting the attacker as a new user with high privileges to escalate privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Storage Ceph : before 6.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7061948

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.