SB2023121813 - Cross-site request forgery in IBM CICS TX Advanced and IBM CICS TX Standard



SB2023121813 - Cross-site request forgery in IBM CICS TX Advanced and IBM CICS TX Standard

Published: December 18, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023121813
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-42027)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.