Firco Compliance LinkApplication · Relx

CVE-2022-29557

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-02-15
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
LexisNexis Firco Compliance Link 3.7 allows CSRF.

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 confidence

LexisNexis Firco Compliance Link 3.7 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), allowing attackers to induce authenticated users into performing unintended actions such as modifying compliance settings, altering watchlist configurations, or executing regulatory checks without their consent.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations and configure SameSite cookie attributes to prevent cross-origin request forgery.

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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
Firco Compliance LinkApplication
Affected:= 3.7

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed Firco Compliance Link version
    Check the application version through the web interface about section, installation directory metadata, or product documentation shipped with the software
    Affected if Version is exactly 3.7
  2. Confirm web interface accessibility
    Access the Firco Compliance Link web portal and log in with valid credentials
    Affected if Web interface is accessible and accepts authentication
  3. Inspect form submissions for anti-CSRF tokens
    Use browser developer tools to examine HTML forms in the compliance settings, watchlist configuration, and regulatory check pages. Look for hidden input fields containing token values or request headers that include CSRF protection tokens
    Affected if Forms lack anti-CSRF token fields and do not validate token values on submission
  4. Check SameSite cookie attributes
    In browser developer tools, inspect cookies set by the application after authentication. Examine the Set-Cookie headers or cookie storage for the SameSite attribute
    Affected if Cookies do not have SameSite attribute set, or SameSite is set to None without Secure flag

User is affected if running Firco Compliance Link version 3.7 AND the web interface lacks anti-CSRF tokens in state-changing forms AND cookies lack proper SameSite attributes.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations and configure SameSite cookie attributes to prevent cross-origin request forgery.

Fix this in Firco Compliance Link Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation16.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
32.0 hours of engineering $5,600
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