# CVE-2015-5037: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can exploit CSRF to hijack user sessions and inject XSS sequences in IBM Connections.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jan 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53rh-rx6m-mrw6

## What is CVE-2015-5037?

CVE-2015-5037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Connections 3.x before 3.0.1.1 CR3, 4.0 before CR4, 4.5 before CR5, and 5.0 before CR3 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5037?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Connections.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-5037?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5037 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-5037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2016-3007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3007/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-5038](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5038/): XML external entity in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-1748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1748/): Open redirect in Connections (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2015-7461](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7461/): XML external entity in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2016-2999](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2999/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5037 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-5037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2015-5037/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5037/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5037
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5037
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5037

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