Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5.0 before CF03 allows remote attackers to hijack the authenticati
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5.0 before CF03 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.
- Published
- Oct 28, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.0% · 60th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-352
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Report tools
Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.0%
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | websphere portal | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm websphere portal8.5.0.0
Same product
ibm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2008-5675Unspecified vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Portal 6.0 before 6.0.1.5 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to "Access problems with 40Plan
- CVE-2017-1156IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using an open redirect attack.35Monitor
- CVE-2016-2901Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the PA_Theme_Creator application in IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 CF08 through CF10 and Web Co35Monitor
- CVE-2015-7419IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 before CF19 and 8.5.0 before CF09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via32Monitor
- CVE-2015-1943IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0.x through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5.x through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0.x through 7.0.0.2 CF29, 8.0.x before 8.0.0.1 CF17, and 32Monitor
- CVE-2015-1899IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 through CF05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.32Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Root cause
State-changing requests rely on the session cookie the browser sends automatically; nothing verifies that the request came from the user’s own page.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-352 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true } }));app.post("/account/address", updateAddress);Fixed
app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true, sameSite: "lax" } }));app.post("/account/address", csrfProtection, updateAddress);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI26889
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70759
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96782
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.