CVE-2016-2998 (GCVE-0-2016-2998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-01 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:40
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Summary
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that update data.
Severity
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
ibm
References
Date Public
2016-08-17 00:00
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