# CVE-2016-2884: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can exploit CSRF in IBM Forms Experience Builder to hijack user sessions and inject XSS sequences in non-default configurations.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Nov 2016
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-46f8-px2p-h7p6

## What is CVE-2016-2884?

CVE-2016-2884 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Nov 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Forms Experience Builder 8.5.x and 8.6.x before 8.6.3.1, in an unspecified non-default configuration, 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-2016-2884?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Forms Experience Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-2884?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-2884 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-6169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6169/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2016-6001](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6001/): Server-side request forgery in Forms Experience Builder (low 3.1)
- [CVE-2016-0369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0369/): XML external entity in n/a (low 2.7)
- [CVE-2016-0370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0370/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (low 2.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-2884 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-2884 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Nov 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2884 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-2016-2884/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2884/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2884
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2884
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2884

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2884/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.