CVE-2008-6239
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in OpenEdit Digital Asset Management (DAM) before 5.2014 allows remote attackers to perform unspecified actions as arbitrary users via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in OpenEdit Digital Asset Management (DAM) versions prior to 5.2014 allows remote attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly executing unintended actions. The attack exploits the web application's lack of proper request validation, enabling malicious requests to be processed with the victim's active session credentials.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 5.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify OpenEdit DAM installationLocate the OpenEdit DAM installation directory and check for version files, typically found in version.properties, about.jsp, or the WAR file manifest. Alternatively, access the application's admin or 'About' page through the web interface.Affected if The installed version is 5.0 or any version prior to 5.2014
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Verify authenticated user sessions are enabledCheck if the web application is configured to allow user authentication and session management. Review the application's web.xml or security configuration to confirm login functionality exists.Affected if User authentication and active sessions are enabled, as CSRF exploits require a victim's authenticated session to execute malicious requests
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Inspect state-changing forms for CSRF protectionExamine the HTML source of forms that perform state-changing operations (such as user management, file uploads, configuration changes, or content modifications). Look for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens, security tokens, or unique request identifiers in form fields or headers.Affected if No anti-CSRF tokens or unique request validation tokens are present in state-changing forms, indicating the vulnerability remains unpatched
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Check Origin and Referer header validationReview server-side request handling code or configuration to determine if the application validates the Origin or Referer HTTP headers to verify request origin.Affected if The application does not validate Origin or Referer headers on state-changing operations, leaving CSRF protection absent
The environment is affected if OpenEdit DAM version 5.0 or earlier is installed and the application handles authenticated user sessions without anti-CSRF tokens or Origin/Referer validation on state-changing operations.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to OpenEdit DAM version 5.2014 or later which contains the CSRF fix. If upgrading is not immediately feasible, implement anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing operations and validate Origin/Referer headers on server-side request handlers.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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