#VU66521 Cross-site request forgery in IBM InfoSphere Information Server - CVE-2021-29888 

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#VU66521 Cross-site request forgery in IBM InfoSphere Information Server - CVE-2021-29888

Published: August 16, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66521
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29888
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

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 crafted web page and execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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