CVE-2012-5950 in TRIRIGA Application Platform
Summary
by MITRE
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform 2.x and 3.x before 3.3, and 8, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify data records via vectors involving (1) the html/en/default/ directory or (2) sqa/html/en/default/process/comm/saveProps.jsp.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 02/11/2018
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2012-5950 represents a critical cross-site request forgery flaw affecting IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform versions 2.x, 3.x prior to 3.3, and version 8. This CSRF vulnerability exposes the platform to remote exploitation where attackers can manipulate authenticated sessions to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of legitimate users. The flaw specifically resides in the application's failure to implement proper anti-CSRF mechanisms in critical administrative endpoints, creating a pathway for malicious actors to hijack user sessions and execute unauthorized data modification operations.
The technical implementation of this vulnerability stems from the absence of anti-CSRF tokens or similar session validation mechanisms in the affected endpoints. Attackers can exploit this weakness by crafting malicious web pages or email attachments that, when visited by an authenticated user, automatically submit requests to the vulnerable TRIRIGA platform. The attack vectors specifically target two directories: html/en/default/ and sqa/html/en/default/process/comm/saveProps.jsp, which are part of the platform's administrative interface and process management components. These locations handle sensitive data modification operations without proper session validation, making them prime targets for CSRF exploitation.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data manipulation, as it enables attackers to perform arbitrary modifications to critical business data records within the TRIRIGA environment. This could result in financial loss, data corruption, unauthorized access to sensitive information, and potential disruption of business processes that rely on the platform's integrity. The vulnerability is particularly dangerous because it affects multiple major versions of the platform, indicating a systemic security flaw in the application's architecture rather than a localized issue. Organizations using affected versions face significant risk of unauthorized data modification, which could compromise the integrity of their enterprise resource planning systems.
Mitigation strategies for CVE-2012-5950 should prioritize immediate patching of affected IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform versions to the recommended secure releases. Organizations should also implement additional security controls such as enforcing strict content security policies, implementing proper session management practices, and deploying web application firewalls to detect and block CSRF attempts. The vulnerability aligns with CWE-352, which specifically addresses cross-site request forgery weaknesses, and maps to ATT&CK technique T1566.001 for initial access through spearphishing attachments. Security teams should conduct comprehensive vulnerability assessments of their TRIRIGA environments, review authentication mechanisms, and establish monitoring procedures to detect suspicious user activities that might indicate CSRF exploitation attempts. Regular security updates and patch management processes should be strengthened to prevent similar vulnerabilities from emerging in other components of the enterprise application stack.