CVE-2024-52366
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 Concert Software 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.2.1, and 1.0.3 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.
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 confidenceIBM Concert Software versions 1.0.0-1.0.3 fails to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), allowing attackers to exploit man-in-the-middle techniques. Without HSTS enforcement, the application is vulnerable to SSL/TLS stripping attacks where sensitive information can be intercepted by downgrading HTTPS connections to unencrypted HTTP.
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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= 1.0.0= 1.0.1= 1.0.2= 1.0.2.1= 1.0.3CVSS 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
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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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Determine IBM Concert versionConsult your IBM Concert installation documentation or use the product's version lookup command to identify the installed version number.Affected if The installed version matches 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.2.1, or 1.0.3.
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Verify HSTS header presenceSend an HTTPS request to your IBM Concert web interface and inspect the response headers for the Strict-Transport-Security header.Affected if The Strict-Transport-Security header is missing from HTTPS responses.
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Check HSTS max-age valueIf the Strict-Transport-Security header is present, verify the max-age directive is set to a positive value (recommended 31536000 seconds or longer for full protection).Affected if The max-age directive is missing, set to 0, or set to a very short duration.
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Confirm includeSubDomains directiveIf the Strict-Transport-Security header is present, verify it includes the includeSubDomains directive for comprehensive coverage.Affected if The includeSubDomains directive is missing from the HSTS header.
You are affected if you are running IBM Concert version 1.0.0 through 1.0.3 AND the Strict-Transport-Security header is not properly configured on your HTTPS responses with an adequate max-age and includeSubDomains directive.
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 dataEnable and properly configure HSTS headers on the IBM Concert Software web server and application to enforce HTTPS connections, with a sufficiently long max-age directive and include subdomains flag.
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