# CVE-2018-1432: Cross-site request forgery in InfoSphere Information Server

> Attackers can use clickjacking to trick users into performing actions or revealing information via malicious iframes.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:R/E:H/RC:C/RL:O`)
- **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:** 5 Jun 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fc2r-25mr-hxhx

## What is CVE-2018-1432?

CVE-2018-1432 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere Information Server, published on 5 Jun 2018. 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

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.1, 11.3, 11.5, and 11.7 is vulnerable to cross-frame scripting which is a vulnerability that allows an attacker to load Information Server components inside an HTML iframe tag on a malicious page. The attacker could use this weakness to devise a Clickjacking attack to conduct phishing, frame sniffing, social engineering or Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 139360.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery), CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1432?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Infosphere Information Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-1432?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1432 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-1432 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1432 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Infosphere Information Server

- [CVE-2009-4240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4240/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-40752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40752/): Command injection in InfoSphere DataStage (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22425](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22425/): Code injection in IBM InfoSphere Information Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-27583](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27583/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-40747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40747/): XML external entity in IBM InfoSphere Information Server (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-1432 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-1432 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere Information Server, published on 5 Jun 2018. 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-2018-1432 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Infosphere Information Server. 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-2018-1432/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1432/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1432
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1432
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1432

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