# CVE-2023-23482: IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager clickjacking

> Remote attackers can hijack user click actions via clickjacking, potentially launching further attacks against victims using IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mh5j-645v-337g

## What is CVE-2023-23482?

CVE-2023-23482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager, published on 8 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1, 6.2, and 6.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim.  IBM X-Force ID:  245891.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23482?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Sterling Partner Engagement Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23482?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23482 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager

- [CVE-2025-33093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33093/): IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-35639](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35639/): Denial of service in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-34348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34348/): XML external entity in Partner Engagement Manager (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2022-34335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34335/): IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager denial of service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-38722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38722/): IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager cross-site scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23482 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager, published on 8 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager. 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-2023-23482/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23482/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23482
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23482
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23482

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23482/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.