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

> An attacker can trick users into performing unauthorized actions in IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant via cross-site request forgery.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/S:U/PR:N/I:H/AC:L/A:N/UI:R/AV:N/C:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U`)
- **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:** 18 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-35xm-2rw8-rrv8

## 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 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38868?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises

- [CVE-2021-29799](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29799/): Information disclosure in Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-29899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29899/): Denial of service in Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-29788](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29788/): Cross-site scripting in Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-29790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29790/): Cross-site scripting in Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2020-4663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4663/): Cross-site scripting in Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38868 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises. 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-2021-38868/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38868/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38868
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38868
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38868

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