# CVE-2010-3893: Auth bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack admin sessions via stolen cookies to perform arbitrary administrative actions in IBM OmniFind Enterprise.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Nov 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jx4v-m6x5-3c22

## What is CVE-2010-3893?

CVE-2010-3893 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Nov 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The administrator interface in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition 8.x and 9.x does not restrict use of a session ID (aka SID) value to a single IP address, which allows remote attackers to perform arbitrary administrative actions by leveraging cookie theft, related to a "session impersonation" issue.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3893?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Omnifind.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-3893?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3893 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-3893 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3893 exists.

Public exploit code:

- IBM OmniFind - 'command' Cross-Site Scripting (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2010-3894](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3894/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-3896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3896/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2010-3895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3895/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2010-4236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4236/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2010-3891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3891/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3893 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-3893 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Nov 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3893 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3893/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3893/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3893
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3893
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3893

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