# CVE-2019-4308: Information disclosure in Contract Management

> Authenticated users can obtain sensitive information from error messages in IBM Emptoris and Contract Management products.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/S:U/PR:L/I:N/UI:N/A:N/C:L/AC:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9p6q-5m74-r2rr

## What is CVE-2019-4308?

CVE-2019-4308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Contract Management, published on 20 Aug 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Emptoris Sourcing 10.1.0 through 10.1.3, IBM Contract Management 10.1.0 through 10.1.3, and IBM Emptoris Spend Analysis 10.1.0 through 10.1.3 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information from error messages IBM X-Force ID: 161034.

Weakness: CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4308?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Ibm Emptoris Contract Management, Ibm Emptoris Sourcing, Ibm Emptoris Spend Analysis.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-4308?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4308 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-4308 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Contract Management

- [CVE-2015-5050](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5050/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-4481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4481/): SQL injection in Contract Management (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2019-4483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4483/): SQL injection in Contract Management (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2015-5042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5042/): File upload in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2014-3041](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3041/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-4308 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-4308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Contract Management, published on 20 Aug 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Contract Management. 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-2019-4308/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4308/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4308
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4308
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-4308

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