CVE-2016-9725 Information disclosure in QRadar SIEM

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics allows Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, potentially exposing sensitive data to external sites.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-9725?

CVE-2016-9725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Qradar Security Information and Event Manager, published on 7 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2 allows for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), which is a mechanism that allows web sites to request resources from external sites, avoiding the need to duplicate them. IBM Reference #: 1999539.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9725?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Qradar Security Information and Event Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9725?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9725 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-9725 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9725 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Qradar Security Information and Event Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r47x-xwjq-gv42.

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