# CVE-2024-49779: IBM OpenPages cross-site request forgery

> Remote attackers can bypass security restrictions and gain unauthorized access by manipulating CSRF tokens and session cookies in IBM OpenPages.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 20 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-28j5-qmvp-g845

## What is CVE-2024-49779?

CVE-2024-49779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM OpenPages with Watson, published on 20 Feb 2025. 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 OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 IBM OpenPages 

could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation and management of authentication cookies. By modifying the CSRF token and Session Id cookie parameters using the cookies of another user, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the vulnerable application.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49779?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Openpages With Watson.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49779?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49779 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49779 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM OpenPages with Watson

- [CVE-2023-40683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40683/): IBM OpenPages with Watson privilege escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-29907](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29907/): File upload in OpenPages with Watson (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-49781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49781/): IBM OpenPages XML external entity injection (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-49782](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49782/): IBM OpenPages improper certificate validation (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-38738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38738/): IBM OpenPages with Watson information disclosure (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49779 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM OpenPages with Watson, published on 20 Feb 2025. 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-2024-49779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM OpenPages with Watson. 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-2024-49779/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49779/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49779
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49779
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49779

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49779/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.