CVE-2014-4839
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 birtviewer.query in IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform 3.2 and 3.3 before 3.3.0.2, 3.3.1 before 3.3.1.3, 3.3.2 before 3.3.2.2, and 3.4 before 3.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.
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 confidenceCSRF vulnerability in the birtviewer.query component of IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform allows authenticated users to craft malicious requests that hijack other users' authentication to inject XSS sequences. The attacker must be authenticated to exploit this, but can target arbitrary authenticated users.
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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= 3.2= 3.3.0.0= 3.3.0.1= 3.3.1.1= 3.3.1.2= 3.3.2.0= 3.3.2.1= 3.4.0.0CVSS 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
- 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 IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform versionLocate the version information for your IBM TRIRIGA installation through the admin console, version file, or system information pageAffected if The installed version matches 3.2, 3.3.0.0, 3.3.0.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.1.2, 3.3.2.0, 3.3.2.1, or 3.4.0.0
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Confirm birtviewer.query component is exposedCheck if the /birtviewer.query endpoint is accessible in your TRIRIGA web application by attempting to access it or reviewing your web server configurationAffected if The birtviewer.query component is exposed and reachable via HTTP/HTTPS
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Verify anti-CSRF protection existsInspect HTTP requests to birtviewer.query for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens or synchronizer token pattern in form parameters or headersAffected if No anti-CSRF token is present in requests to the birtviewer.query endpoint
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Test for CSRF vulnerabilitySubmit a crafted request to birtviewer.query without a valid token and observe whether the operation executes successfullyAffected if Requests execute without requiring token validation
You are affected if your IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform version matches one of the affected releases and the birtviewer.query endpoint lacks anti-CSRF token protection.
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) in the birtviewer.query endpoint to validate request authenticity, and ensure tokens are validated for all state-changing operations.
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- Review / QA2.0 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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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