CVE-2021-38868 Cross-site request forgery in Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises

Medium 6.5 Published 18 Jul 2022 Updated 17 Sep 2024

An attacker can trick users into performing unauthorized actions in IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant 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-2021-38868?

CVE-2021-38868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises, published on 18 Jul 2022. 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 Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises (All versions) 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: 208310.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38868?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises.

How do I fix CVE-2021-38868?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38868 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-38868 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-35xm-2rw8-rrv8.