Security Bulletin: IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CVE-2023-45857)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Axios used by IBM Decision Optimization for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. IBM Decision Optimization for IBM Cloud Pak for Data has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45857
**DESCRIPTION:**Axios is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By inserting the X-XSRF-TOKEN header using the secret XSRF-TOKEN cookie value in all requests to any server when the XSRF-TOKEN0 cookie is available, and the withCredentials setting is turned on, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/270574 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to IBM Decision Optimization for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.8 and subsequent releases.
Here is the detailed information on Upgrading IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Workarounds and Mitigations

None