CVE-2016-2889
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 the Report Builder and Data Collection Component (DCC) in IBM Jazz Reporting Service (JRS) 5.x before 5.0.2 ifix016, 6.0 and 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 ifix005, and 6.0.2 before ifix002 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 · high confidenceCSRF vulnerability in IBM Jazz Reporting Service's Report Builder and Data Collection Component allows authenticated remote users to perform actions on behalf of other users by tricking them into submitting malicious requests, effectively hijacking their authentication state.
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= 5.0= 5.0.1= 5.0.2= 6.0= 6.0.1= 6.0.2CVSS 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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Verify IBM Jazz Reporting Service is installedLook for JRS installation directories (typically under /ibm/Jazz or C:\IBM\Jazz), check for JRS-related processes running, or review installed applications in the systemAffected if Jazz Reporting Service is not present on the system
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Determine installed JRS versionCheck the version file in the JRS installation directory, typically found in the about or versionInfo files, or access the Jazz-based admin console and view server informationAffected if Unable to retrieve version information from the JRS installation
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Compare version against affected rangeCompare the installed version to the affected list: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2Affected if Installed version exactly matches any of: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.0.1, or 6.0.2
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Check if Report Builder or Data Collection Component is accessibleAttempt to access the Report Builder and Data Collection Component web interfaces through the JRS admin console or known endpointsAffected if These components are exposed and accessible without additional authentication barriers beyond the vulnerable version
You are affected if IBM Jazz Reporting Service is installed and the installed version exactly matches 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.0.1, or 6.0.2 with Report Builder or Data Collection Component 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 the appropriate IBM ifix (5.0.2 ifix016, 6.0.1 ifix005, or 6.0.2 ifix002 or later) for the installed JRS version. Implement anti-CSRF tokens in application endpoints as a defense-in-depth measure.
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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-2016-2889 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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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