#VU18278 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in IBM API Connect - CVE-2019-4203

 

#VU18278 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in IBM API Connect - CVE-2019-4203

Published: April 16, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18278
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-4203
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM API Connect
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the Developer Portal and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to download arbitrary files from the affected server.

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