CVE-2014-6168
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 Security Identity Manager 5.1 before 5.1.0.15 IF0056 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 confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Security Identity Manager 5.1 before 5.1.0.15 IF0056 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users by tricking them into submitting malicious requests that insert cross-site scripting (XSS) sequences.
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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= 5.1.0= 5.1.0.3= 5.1.0.4= 5.1.0.5= 5.1.0.6= 5.1.0.7= 5.1.0.8= 5.1.0.9= 5.1.0.10= 5.1.0.11= 5.1.0.12= 5.1.0.13CVSS 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 Security Identity Manager installationLocate the installation directory or running service. Common paths include /opt/IBM/isim or C:\Program Files\IBM\isim. Check for processes named 'ISIM' or 'itim' in running processes.Affected if IBM Security Identity Manager is found on the system
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Determine installed versionAccess the IBM Security Identity Manager administrative console and navigate to 'About' or 'Version Information'. Alternatively, check version files in the installation directory such as version.properties or build.info.Affected if Installed version is 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.13 inclusive
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Verify CSRF protection configurationInspect the ISIM configuration files for CSRF token validation settings. Look in config/itimConfig.xml or similar configuration directories for enableCSRF or csrf.token.validation parameters.Affected if CSRF protection is disabled or the parameter is absent in the configuration
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Check HTTP response headers for CSRF tokensLog into the ISIM web interface and inspect HTTP responses using browser developer tools or a proxy. Examine whether anti-CSRF tokens are present in form submissions or session cookies.Affected if No CSRF tokens found in forms or headers for authenticated sessions
The environment is affected if IBM Security Identity Manager version 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.13 is installed and CSRF protection mechanisms are not enabled or configured.
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 Security Identity Manager 5.1.0.15 IF0056 or later, which includes CSRF protection mechanisms to validate request authenticity.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- 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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-6168 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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