Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CVE-2022-22493)

Vulnerability Details

Basic Information

Title Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CVE-2022-22493)
Type ibm
Published 2025-04-29T02:25:57
Last Seen 2025-04-29T11:06:05
CVSS Score 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSS v3 Details

Attack Vector NETWORK
Attack Complexity LOW
Privileges Required NONE
User Interaction REQUIRED
Scope UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact HIGH
Integrity Impact HIGH
Availability Impact HIGH

CVE Information

CVE IDs CVE-2022-22493
CWE
Bulletin Family software

Description

## Summary

IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery. This has been addressed.

## Vulnerability Details

**CVEID:**CVE-2022-22493
**DESCRIPTION:** IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper cookie attribute setting.
CVSS Base score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226449 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

## Affected Products and Versions

These vulnerabilities affect all versions of IBM WebSphere Automation for IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps up to and including 1.4.2.

## Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to 1.4.3 or higher.

Follow https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ws-automation?topic=installing-validating-installation to confirm the WebSphere Automation operator version.

Follow https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ws-automation?topic=installing-updating-websphere-automation to update the WebSphere Automation operator installation.

## Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Impact Assessment

Base Score 8.8
Severity HIGH

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