IBM UrbanCode up to 6.0.1.6/6.1.0.7/6.1.1.1 cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in IBM UrbanCode up to 6.0.1.6/6.1.0.7/6.1.1.1. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-8900. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM UrbanCode up to 6.0.1.6/6.1.0.7/6.1.1.1. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM UrbanCode Release 6.0.1.6 and earlier, 6.1.0.7 and earlier, and 6.1.1.1 and earlier.

The bug was discovered 01/29/2015. The weakness was published 08/28/2017 by IBM (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-8900 since 11/14/2014. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/10/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 942 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 72900†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• UrbanCode

Version

• 6.0.1.0
• 6.0.1.1
• 6.0.1.2
• 6.0.1.3
• 6.0.1.4
• 6.0.1.5
• 6.0.1.6
• 6.1.0.0
• 6.1.0.1
• 6.1.0.2
• 6.1.0.3
• 6.1.0.4
• 6.1.0.5
• 6.1.0.6
• 6.1.0.7
• 6.1.1.0
• 6.1.1.1

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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