CVE-2016-2863
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 WebSphere Commerce 7.0 Feature Pack 8, 8.0.0.x before 8.0.0.10, and 8.0.1.x before 8.0.1.2 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 WebSphere Commerce allows authenticated attackers to hijack arbitrary users' sessions and inject malicious XSS sequences through crafted 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= 7.0= 8.0.0.0= 8.0.0.1= 8.0.0.2= 8.0.0.3= 8.0.0.5= 8.0.0.6= 8.0.0.7= 8.0.0.8= 8.0.0.9CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 WebSphere Commerce installationIdentify whether IBM WebSphere Commerce is installed in your environment by checking for the WebSphere Commerce installation directory or running processes (for example, look for WebSphere Commerce server processes or check the installation path)Affected if WebSphere Commerce is not present in the environment
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Determine the installed versionLocate the WebSphere Commerce version information. This is typically found in the product's version details, installation logs, or administration console. Compare this against the affected versions: 7.0, 8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.5, 8.0.0.6, 8.0.0.7, 8.0.0.8, 8.0.0.9Affected if The installed version matches any of the listed affected versions exactly
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Verify web interface exposureConfirm that the WebSphere Commerce web interface (storefront or admin console) is accessible and accepts user sessions, as the CSRF vulnerability requires authenticated user interactions to be exploitableAffected if The web interface is exposed and users can authenticate to the Commerce system
You are affected if WebSphere Commerce version 7.0 or any version from 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.0.9 is installed and the web interface is accessible.
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 dataApply IBM WebSphere Commerce cumulative fixes 8.0.0.10 and 8.0.1.2 or later; implement anti-CSRF tokens in all forms and validate origin/referer headers.
- Consultation6.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-2863 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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