CVE-2018-1504
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 · uneditedIBM i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis 2.1.7 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 141340.
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 confidenceIBM i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis 2.1.7 is vulnerable to clickjacking. A remote attacker can embed the application in a transparent iframe on a malicious website and trick authenticated users into performing unintended click actions by overlaying the legitimate interface with deceptive UI elements.
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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= 2.1.7= 2.1.8CVSS 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
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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 the installed version of IBM i2 Enterprise Insight AnalysisAccess the application admin console or use the product's About/Version information feature in the UI. Alternatively, check the installation directory for version manifest files if available.Affected if The installed version is exactly 2.1.7 or 2.1.8
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Verify if the X-Frame-Options HTTP header is presentUse a browser developer tool or a command-line tool like curl to inspect the HTTP response headers when accessing the application. Run: curl -I https://your-application-url and look for X-Frame-Options in the response headers.Affected if The X-Frame-Options header is missing, or is set to a value other than DENY or SAMEORIGIN (e.g., ALLOW-FROM arbitrary-origin)
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Verify if Content Security Policy frame-ancestors directive is configuredInspect the HTTP response headers for a Content-Security-Policy header. Check if the frame-ancestors directive is present and restricts iframe embedding.Affected if The CSP frame-ancestors directive is missing, or allows embedding from untrusted origins (e.g., frame-ancestors * or frame-ancestors untrusted-site.com)
You are affected if the installed version is exactly 2.1.7 or 2.1.8 AND neither X-Frame-Options (DENY/SAMEORIGIN) nor CSP frame-ancestors directive is properly configured to prevent iframe embedding.
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 the X-Frame-Options header (DENY or SAMEORIGIN) or Content Security Policy (CSP) frame-ancestors directive on the web server to prevent the application from being embedded in iframes.
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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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