CVE-2019-4142
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 Cloud Private 2.1.0, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1.2 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: 158338.
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 confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Cloud Private versions 2.1.0, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1.2 allows attackers to execute unauthorized actions by tricking authenticated users into visiting malicious websites, potentially compromising the application's state via the trusted user session.
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>= 2.1.0, <= 2.1.0.3= 3.1.0= 3.1.1= 3.1.2CVSS 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:3.1/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 IBM Cloud Private versionRun 'bx pr' or 'cloudctl pr' command, or check the version via the IBM Cloud Private management console under the About or Version sectionAffected if version falls within 2.1.0 through 2.1.0.3, or is exactly 3.1.0, 3.1.1, or 3.1.2
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Compare version against affected rangesCompare your installed version number to the affected list: 2.1.0 to 2.1.0.3, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, or 3.1.2Affected if installed version matches any of these specific versions or falls within this range
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Verify anti-CSRF protection statusInspect the application's state-changing operations (such as user management, configuration changes, or data modification endpoints) to determine if anti-CSRF tokens or SameSite cookies are implementedAffected if anti-CSRF tokens or SameSite cookie attributes are absent on state-changing operations and the version is within the affected list
You are affected if your IBM Cloud Private version is 2.1.0 through 2.1.0.3, or exactly 3.1.0, 3.1.1, or 3.1.2 and state-changing actions lack anti-CSRF protections.
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 security patches for this vulnerability or upgrade to a patched version of IBM Cloud Private; implement anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing operations as a defense-in-depth measure.
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- Review / QA2.0 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.
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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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