CVE-2018-1622

Vulnerability

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance version 2.2.1 is susceptible to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). The vulnerability exists because the application does not properly validate or include anti-CSRF tokens in sensitive requests, allowing an attacker to forge requests that the application trusts as coming from an authenticated user.

Exploitation

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious web page or link that, when visited by an authenticated user of the appliance, triggers unauthorized actions. The attacker does not need authentication but relies on the victim's active session. The attack requires user interaction (clicking a link or visiting a page) and can be performed remotely over the network.

Impact

Successful exploitation allows the attacker to perform any action that the victim user is authorized to do, such as modifying configurations, creating accounts, or accessing sensitive data. This can lead to compromise of the privileged identity management system and the resources it manages.

Mitigation

IBM has addressed this vulnerability in a security update. Users should upgrade to the latest version of IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance as detailed in the security bulletin [1]. No workarounds are documented; applying the fix is recommended.