CVE-2018-2001
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 Cram Social Program Management 6.1.1, 6.2.0, 7.0.4, and 7.0.5 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 154891.
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 Cram Social Program Management versions 6.1.1, 6.2.0, 7.0.4, and 7.0.5 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). This allows an attacker to trick authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the application, potentially performing unauthorized actions such as data modification or privilege escalation.
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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>= 6.1.0.0, <= 6.1.1.6>= 6.2.0.0, <= 6.2.0.6>= 7.0.0.0, <= 7.0.4.0= 7.0.5.0CVSS 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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Identify installed IBM Curam SPM versionAccess the application administration console or check the installation directory for version information. Typically found in About or System Information pages, or in version files within the installation root.Affected if The installed version falls within any of these ranges: 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.1.6, 6.2.0.0 through 6.2.0.6, 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.4.0, or exactly 7.0.5.0
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Inspect forms for anti-CSRF tokensLog into the application and examine the HTML source of state-changing forms (such as user management, configuration, or data submission forms). Look for hidden input fields containing token values, or check if forms include dynamic tokens in their action URLs.Affected if Forms lack hidden anti-CSRF token fields or do not include randomized token values in requests
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Verify session cookie SameSite attributeAuthenticate to the application and use browser developer tools or a proxy to inspect the Set-Cookie headers for the session cookie. Check if the SameSite attribute is set to Strict or Lax.Affected if The session cookie does not include the SameSite attribute, or it is set to None without Secure flag, indicating missing CSRF protection for cross-site requests
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Test Referer/Origin header handlingSubmit a state-changing request (such as updating a user profile or configuration) using a tool that strips or modifies the Referer and Origin headers. Observe whether the request is processed or rejected.Affected if Requests without Referer or Origin headers are accepted and processed, suggesting missing server-side validation of request origin
You are affected if your installed version matches any of the vulnerable version ranges AND the application lacks anti-CSRF tokens in forms, missing SameSite cookie attributes, or fails to validate request origins.
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 on all state-changing operations (forms and AJAX requests), validate Origin/Referer headers server-side, and apply SameSite cookie attributes to session cookies.
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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.
- 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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