IBM Security Guardium 10.0 and 10.5 stores sensitive information in URL parameters.

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• ibm security guardium10.0 and later · up to 10.5 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• IBM Security Guardium

  • 10, 10.5affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2017-1253IBM Security Guardium 10.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
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• CVE-2017-1269IBM Security Guardium 10.0 and 10.1 is vulnerable to SQL injection.
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• CVE-2020-4690IBM Security Guardium 11.3 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authe
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• CVE-2021-20418IBM Security Guardium 11.2 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compr
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• CVE-2021-20426IBM Security Guardium 11.2 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authe
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• CVE-2020-4193IBM Security Guardium 11.1 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials.
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.