CVE-2014-3024
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 IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.12 and 7.5 through 7.5.0.6 and Maximo Asset Management 7.5.0 through 7.5.0.3 and 7.5.1 through 7.5.1.2 for SmartCloud Control Desk allows remote authenticated users 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 · moderate confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Maximo Asset Management allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users by tricking them into submitting malicious requests.
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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= 7.5.0.0= 7.5.0.1= 7.5.0.2= 7.5.0.3= 7.5.1.0= 7.5.1.1= 7.5.1.2= 7.1= 7.1.1= 7.1.1.1= 7.1.1.2= 7.1.1.5= 7.1.1.6= 7.1.1.7= 7.1.1.8= 7.1.1.9= 7.1.1.10= 7.1.1.11= 7.1.1.12CVSS 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
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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 Maximo Asset Management versionAccess the Maximo system information page or check the version from the Maximo login screen, typically found under Help > About or in the system administration moduleAffected if The version matches any of: 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.1.1, 7.1.1.2, 7.1.1.5, 7.1.1.6, 7.1.1.7, 7.1.1.8, 7.1.1.9, 7.1.1.10, 7.1.1.11, or 7.1.1.12
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Identify the installed Smartcloud Control Desk versionAccess the system information or about page within the Smartcloud Control Desk web interfaceAffected if The version matches any of: 7.5.0.0, 7.5.0.1, 7.5.0.2, 7.5.0.3, 7.5.1.0, 7.5.1.1, or 7.5.1.2
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Verify the web application interface is accessibleConfirm that the Maximo or Smartcloud Control Desk web interface is reachable via browser over HTTP/HTTPSAffected if The web interface is exposed to users or network attackers who could trick authenticated users into visiting malicious pages
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Inspect form submissions for anti-CSRF tokensLog into the web interface, create or modify a record (such as creating a new asset or changing a setting), and inspect the HTML source of the form submission to check for a unique token parameterAffected if Form submissions lack a hidden token or unique identifier that would prevent cross-site request forgery
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Check for Origin or Referer header validationSubmit a crafted request from an external domain and verify whether the server rejects it due to missing or unexpected Origin/Referer headersAffected if The server accepts requests without validating the Origin or Referer header, allowing cross-origin requests to succeed
You are affected if you run any of the listed versions AND your web interface is accessible to users or potential attackers who could trick authenticated users into submitting malicious requests.
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 on all state-changing endpoints and validate Origin/Referer headers to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks.
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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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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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