Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NSummary
CVE-2023-38739 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Ibm Sterling B2B Integrator. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-23 (Session Authenticity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2023-38739 is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, mapped to CWE-352, in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator versions 6.0.0.0 through 6.1.2.5 and 6.2.0.0 through 6.2.0.3. Published on 2025-01-31, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), indicating medium severity with network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, user interaction needed, and low integrity impact.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious webpage or link that, when visited by an authenticated user, triggers unauthorized requests to the vulnerable IBM Sterling B2B Integrator instance. This allows the attacker to execute malicious actions on behalf of the trusted user, such as modifying application state or performing unintended operations, relying on the absence of proper CSRF protections.
IBM's security advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182004 provides details on the vulnerability, including recommended patches and mitigation guidance for affected versions. Security practitioners should review this resource promptly to apply updates and implement defenses like CSRF tokens.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-42514
Vulnerability Data
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 6.0.0.0 through 6.1.2.5 and 6.2.0.0 through 6.2.0.3 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.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Access enforcement requires verifying that state-changing requests originate from the authenticated user rather than a forged cross-site source.
Protecting session authenticity prevents attackers from replaying or forging authenticated requests via the victim's browser.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require anti-CSRF controls such as tokens or SameSite attributes.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
By denying access to phishing or malicious sites, the control lowers the likelihood that a user will be tricked into submitting a forged request that performs an unintended action on another site.
Contextual intelligence about emerging CSRF toolkits can be translated into updated anti-CSRF token or same-site policy configurations across applications.