CVE-2023-50940 IBM PowerSC cross-resource origin sharing
An attacker can bypass CORS restrictions to perform privileged actions and retrieve sensitive information from IBM PowerSC.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-50940?
CVE-2023-50940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM PowerSC, published on 2 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM PowerSC 1.3, 2.0, and 2.1 uses Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) which could allow an attacker to carry out privileged actions and retrieve sensitive information as the domain name is not being limited to only trusted domains. IBM X-Force ID: 275130.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50940?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Powersc.
How do I fix CVE-2023-50940?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50940 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-50940 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50940 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM PowerSC
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f4w8-52pm-ghr9.