{"id":"CVE-2012-3294","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-3294","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:43:57.529Z","title":"Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Web Gateway component in IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition 7.0.4 and earlier, and WebSphere MQ - Managed File Transfer 7.5, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of…","description":"Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Web Gateway component in IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition 7.0.4 and earlier, and WebSphere MQ - Managed File Transfer 7.5, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that (1) add user accounts via the /wmqfteconsole/Filespaces URI, (2) modify permissions via the /wmqfteconsole/FileSpacePermisssions URI, or (3) add MQ Message Descriptor (MQMD) user accounts via the /wmqfteconsole/UploadUsers URI.","published":"2012-08-17T10:31:52.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:42:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-352"],"affected":["ibm/websphere mq","ibm/websphere mq managed file transfer"],"epss":{"score":0.01085,"percentile":0.65023,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-08-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":20477,"kind":"exploit","title":"IBM Websphere MQ File Transfer Edition Web Gateway - Cross-Site Request Forgery","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20477","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/webapps/20477.txt","file":"exploits/windows/webapps/20477.txt","published":"2012-08-13","added":"2012-08-13","updated":"2012-08-13","author":"Nir Valtman","type":"webapps","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-3294","OSVDB-84659"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC85516","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20477/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21607482","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027373","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77180","source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC85516","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20477/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21607482","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027373","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77180","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3294","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}