CVE-2020-4938 Cross-site request forgery in MQ Appliance

Medium 4.3 Published 12 Jul 2021 Updated 17 Sep 2024

An attacker can trick a trusted user into executing unauthorized actions on the IBM MQ Appliance 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-2020-4938?

CVE-2020-4938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM MQ Appliance, published on 12 Jul 2021. 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 MQ Appliance 9.1 and 9.2 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: 191815.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4938?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Mq Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4938?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4938 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-4938 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4938 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vvf5-hc5m-grm8.