CVE-2013-4000
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 IBM Cognos Command Center before 10.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) start or (2) stop services.
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 · high confidenceMultiple CSRF vulnerabilities in IBM Cognos Command Center before version 10.2 allow remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly submitting requests that start or stop services. The attack relies on the application not validating that requests originate from legitimate user sessions, enabling authentication hijacking via maliciously crafted links or pages.
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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<= 10.1= 10.0CVSS 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 IBM Cognos Command Center installationLocate the installation directory or check the product version through the Cognos configuration interface or installed programs listAffected if The installed version is 10.0 or any version 10.1 and below (10.1.x)
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Verify web administration interface is accessibleAttempt to access the Cognos Command Center web interface URL (typically on port 9300 or configured port) in a browserAffected if The web interface is accessible without additional network segmentation, allowing potential CSRF attack vectors
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Confirm administrative service control functionality existsLog into the web interface and locate the service management section where administrators can start or stop servicesAffected if The interface exposes functionality to start or stop services without requiring re-authentication for each action
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Check for anti-CSRF token implementationInspect the HTML forms and AJAX requests in the service management pages using browser developer tools to verify if unique tokens are included with each state-changing requestAffected if The administrative actions lack anti-CSRF tokens or referer header validation, meaning requests can be forged from malicious pages
A user is affected if they run IBM Cognos Command Center version 10.0 through 10.1.x and have the web administration interface accessible, as the lack of anti-CSRF protections on service management functions allows attackers to trick authenticated admins into unknowingly starting or stopping services.
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 Cognos Command Center 10.2 or later, which should contain fixes for these CSRF vulnerabilities. Additionally, implement anti-CSRF tokens or validate the Referer header on sensitive administrative actions.
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