High severity · published Feb 20, 2025
CVE-2024-49779
IBM OpenPages cross-site request forgery
8.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 IBM OpenPages
could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation and management of authentication cookies. By modifying the CSRF token and Session Id cookie parameters using the cookies of another user, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the vulnerable application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OW
OpenPages with Watson · IBM
8.3; 9.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49779
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49779
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183541
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