CVE-2015-7407
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 Lotus Mashups in IBM Mashup Center 3.0.0.1 allows remote attackers 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 · moderate confidenceCSRF vulnerability in IBM Mashup Center 3.0.0.1 Lotus Mashups allows remote attackers to hijack authenticated user sessions and inject XSS payloads through forged requests. The lack of proper CSRF token validation or origin checking enables attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly executing 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= 3.0.0.1CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Confirm IBM Mashup Center versionLocate the installed version of IBM Mashup Center through the product administration console, About page, or installation manifest filesAffected if Installed version is exactly 3.0.0.1
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Identify state-changing operationsReview the Mashup Center interface for features that modify data or configuration, such as creating/editing mashups, modifying user settings, or changing workspace configurationsAffected if State-changing operations exist in the application
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Inspect requests for anti-CSRF tokensExamine the HTTP requests and form submissions for state-changing operations using browser developer tools or a proxy. Check if hidden CSRF token fields or custom headers are present and validated with each requestAffected if No anti-CSRF tokens are included in state-changing requests or tokens are not validated server-side
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Verify Origin/Referer header validationSend a crafted request from an untrusted domain or with a mismatched Origin/Referer header to a state-changing endpoint and observe whether the request is accepted or rejectedAffected if Requests with untrusted or missing Origin/Referer headers are processed without rejection
A user is affected if IBM Mashup Center version 3.0.0.1 is installed AND state-changing operations lack anti-CSRF token validation AND Origin/Referer headers are not validated.
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 for all state-changing operations and validate Origin/Referer headers to ensure requests originate from trusted sources. Alternatively, configure SameSite cookie attributes.
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