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CVE-2021-38868: IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises (All versions) is vulnerable to cross-site reque...

IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises (All versions) is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force Id: 208310.

MediumCVSS 6.5Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

This vulnerability affects IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises. A trusted user could be tricked into causing unauthorized actions in the application through cross-site request forgery. The main business concern is integrity: unwanted changes or actions may occur under a legitimate user context.

Executive priority

Treat this as a moderate-priority integrity risk. It is not evidenced as actively exploited in the supplied sources, but affected on-premises deployments should be remediated through IBM guidance because unauthorized trusted-user actions can affect requirements data quality and governance.

Technical view

CVE-2021-38868 is a CSRF issue in all versions of IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises. The CVSS 3.0 score is 6.5, with network attack vector, low complexity, no attacker privileges, required user interaction, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is limited to organizations running the on-premises IBM product. Risk is higher where users access the application from browsers while the service is reachable from internal or external networks. The source bundle does not identify IBM cloud services or other IBM Engineering products as affected.

Exploitation context

The CVE is not listed as KEV, and the supplied sources do not claim active exploitation. The CVSS vector marks exploit maturity as unproven and user interaction as required. Abuse would depend on a trusted user's browser/session being involved.

Researcher notes

Do not broaden scope beyond IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises. Sources state all versions are affected but do not include detailed vulnerable build ranges in the bundle. Validation should focus on deployment presence, official IBM advisory mapping, and whether CSRF protections are present after remediation.

Mitigation direction

  • Review IBM advisory node 6604005 for official remediation details.
  • Apply IBM’s official fix or update path where applicable.
  • Restrict application access to trusted networks and users.
  • Reassess browser session and CSRF protections after remediation.
  • Monitor vendor guidance for any revised affected-version details.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises deployments.
  • Confirm deployed versions against IBM’s advisory.
  • Check whether the application is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review application logs for unexpected user-initiated changes.
  • Verify remediation status after applying IBM guidance.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
4

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.5 (3.0)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.0/S:U/PR:N/I:H/AC:L/A:N/UI:R/AV:N/C:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
3Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
6.5CVSS 3.0MediumCVSS:3.0/S:U/PR:N/I:H/AC:L/A:N/UI:R/AV:N/C:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U2.83.6Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.0 score

6.5Medium
CVSS 3.0 vector shape for CVE-2021-38868Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.0/S:U/PR:N/I:H/AC:L/A:N/UI:R/AV:N/C:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

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Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
IBMEngineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-PremisesAllListed
Weakness

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