CVE-2013-4056
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 the Data Quality Console and Information Analyzer components in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.7 through FP2 and 9.1 through 9.1.2.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users.
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 confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Information Server's Data Quality Console and Information Analyzer components allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users by tricking authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 8.7= 8.7.0.1= 8.7.0.2= 9.1= 9.1.0.1= 9.1.2CVSS 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 InfoSphere Information ServerCheck the installed version through IBM installation manager, the system information panel in the admin console, or the version file in the installation directoryAffected if The installed version matches 8.7, 8.7.0.1, 8.7.0.2, 9.1, 9.1.0.1, or 9.1.2 exactly
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Determine if Data Quality Console component is deployed and accessibleAccess the Data Quality Console web interface URL (typically at /DataQualityConsole or similar path under the InfoSphere web context) and verify the component respondsAffected if The Data Quality Console component is exposed and accepts requests without CSRF token validation on state-changing operations
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Determine if Information Analyzer component is deployed and accessibleAccess the Information Analyzer web interface URL (typically at /InformationAnalyzer or similar path under the InfoSphere web context) and verify the component respondsAffected if The Information Analyzer component is exposed and accepts requests without CSRF token validation on state-changing operations
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Inspect web requests for CSRF token presenceSubmit a state-changing request (such as saving a configuration, creating a project, or modifying user settings) through the Data Quality Console or Information Analyzer web interface and examine whether the request includes a CSRF token parameter or headerAffected if State-changing requests succeed without requiring a synchronizer token or validating Origin/Referer headers
Your environment is affected if you are running one of the listed versions AND the Data Quality Console or Information Analyzer web components are accessible without proper CSRF token validation on POST/PUT/DELETE 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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) or validate Origin/Referer headers on state-changing operations in the affected components. Upgrade to a patched version of IBM InfoSphere Information Server if available.
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- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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