SB2023020873 - IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty update for Apache CXF 



SB2023020873 - IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty update for Apache CXF

Published: February 8, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023020873
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46364)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing the href attribute of XOP:Include in MTOM requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.