CVE-2012-0748
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 · uneditedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in unspecified services in IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) 4.x before 4.0.0.1 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify work items.
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 confidenceMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in IBM Rational Team Concert 4.x before 4.0.0.1 allow remote attackers to modify work items by tricking authenticated users into submitting malicious requests. The vulnerability exploits the lack of anti-CSRF token validation on work item modification endpoints, enabling attackers to hijack existing sessions.
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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= 4.0CVSS 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 the installed version of IBM Rational Team ConcertLocate the version information in the product installation directory, about page, or administrative console. In the Jazz team server administration interface, navigate to the About section or check the installed packages.Affected if The version displayed is 4.0 or any 4.x version before 4.0.0.1
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Verify the exact version numberCompare the installed version against the vulnerable range. IBM Rational Team Concert 4.0.0.1 contains the fix for this CSRF vulnerability.Affected if The installed version is earlier than 4.0.0.1 (for example, 4.0, 4.0.0, or any 4.0.x release)
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Confirm usage of work item modification featuresDetermine if users have access to and actively use the work item tracking functionality in the Rational Team Concert environment.Affected if Authenticated users have access to create or modify work items through the web interface
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Review application logs for suspicious cross-origin requestsExamine HTTP server logs and application logs for unexpected POST requests to work item endpoints originating from external sources or containing unexpected Origin headers.Affected if Logs show work item modification requests that were initiated from unexpected origins or lack proper anti-CSRF token headers
A user is affected if their installed IBM Rational Team Concert version is 4.0 or any 4.x release prior to 4.0.0.1 and they use the work item modification features accessible to authenticated users.
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 IBM Rational Team Concert version 4.0.0.1 or later which includes anti-CSRF token validation. Alternatively, implement synchronous token pattern on all state-changing endpoints.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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