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Plain-English summary
CVE-2019-4285 is a clickjacking risk in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Admin Center. An attacker could trick a victim into visiting a malicious website and hijack their click actions, potentially causing unintended client-side actions. The disclosed severity is medium, with limited confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate administrative-interface risk. Prioritize remediation where Liberty Admin Center is internet-reachable, broadly accessible, or used by privileged staff in high-value environments.
Technical view
IBM describes a Liberty Admin Center issue where a remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request after persuading a victim to visit a malicious site. The CVSS 3.0 score is 5.4 with network attack vector, low complexity, required user interaction, changed scope, and low confidentiality and integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty with Admin Center enabled or reachable by users who can be targeted through a browser-based interaction.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation depends on social engineering and user interaction, not automatic remote compromise.
Researcher notes
The bundle identifies IBM X-Force ID 160513 and CVSS vector CVSS:3.0/AC:L/PR:L/I:L/UI:R/AV:N/C:L/S:C/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U. No CWE is provided. Source evidence does not include exploit code, active exploitation, or specific fixed version details.
Mitigation direction
- Review IBM advisory ibm10884064 for affected Liberty levels and fixes.
- Apply IBM-documented updates or interim mitigations for Liberty Admin Center.
- Restrict Admin Center access to trusted networks and authorized users.
- Train administrators to avoid untrusted links while authenticated to admin interfaces.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WebSphere Liberty deployments and confirm whether Admin Center is enabled.
- Compare installed Liberty versions against IBM advisory ibm10884064.
- Review browser-facing administrative interfaces for clickjacking protections.
- Check access controls limiting Admin Center exposure.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/PR:L/I:L/UI:R/AV:N/C:L/S:C/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AC:L/PR:L/I:L/UI:R/AV:N/C:L/S:C/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U2.32.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/PR:L/I:L/UI:R/AV:N/C:L/S:C/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10884064CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-websphere-cve20194285-clickjacking (160513)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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