Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance affected by a cross-site request forgery vulnerability (CVE-2020-4938)

Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has resolved a cross-site request forgery vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4938
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM MQ Appliance is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191815 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed under APAR IT35704.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.1 LTS

Apply 9.1.0.8 interim fix firmware for IT35704, or later firmware.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.1 CD

Upgrade to 9.2.2 CD interim fix firmware for IT35704 , or later firmware.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 LTS

Apply 9.2.0.2 interim fix firmware for IT35704, or later firmware.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 CD

Apply 9.2.2 CD interim fix firmware for IT35704, or later firmware.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None