Insufficient verification of data authenticity in IBM Watson Discovery

1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity

EUVDB-ID: #VU88178

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-30261

CWE-ID: CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the application does not verify authenticity of data. A remote attacker can alter the "integrity" option passed to fetch(), allowing fetch() to accept requests as valid even if they have been tampered.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data: before 5.0.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7168785

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.