CVE-2020-4170 Cross-site request forgery in Security Guardium Insights

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

An attacker can trick authenticated users into performing unauthorized actions in IBM Security Guardium Insights via cross-site request forgery.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2020-4170?

CVE-2020-4170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Insights, published on 24 Aug 2020. 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 Security Guardium Insights 2.0.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 174406.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4170?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Guardium Insights.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-4170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3r2c-w822-3j3f.

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