Cross-site request forgery in Folders - CVE-2023-40336

 

Cross-site request forgery in Folders - CVE-2023-40336

Published: August 23, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79884
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40336
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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 user can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


Affected software

Folders
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
jenkins (Red Hat package)
jenkins-2-plugins (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-40336

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.26, 23.0.1.4
jenkins (Red Hat package) - update to 2.426.3.1706516352-3.el8
jenkins-2-plugins (Red Hat package) - update to 4.14.1706516441-1.el8

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