Cross-site request forgery in IBM DataPower Gateway - CVE-2018-1661

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Cross-site request forgery in IBM DataPower Gateway - CVE-2018-1661

Published: December 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16636
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1661
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM DataPower Gateway

Detailed vulnerability 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 to visit a specially specially crafted web page and execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-1661

Install update from vendor's website:
IBM DataPower Gateway  7.6.0.10  IT26364  Install the fix pack.
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.2.17 IT26364 Install the fix pack.
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.1.17 IT26364 Install the fix pack.
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.0.18 IT26364 Install the fix pack.

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