Is CVE-2024-49779 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-49779 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-49779?

CVE-2024-49779 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-49779?

CVE-2024-49779 has an EPSS score of 0.19% (9th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49779?

Upgrade openpages with watson to 9.0.0.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-49779

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 IBM OpenPages could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation and management of authentication cookies. By modifying the CSRF token and Session Id cookie parameters using the cookies of another user, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the vulnerable application.

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery

How to fix

Remediation Available

openpages with watsonNVD

Affected:>= 9.0, < 9.0.0.5Fixed in:9.0.0.5CVE-2024-49779derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

9thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 9% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

ibm.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2016-6277	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2014-0054	Medium	6.8	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2013-6429	Medium	6.8	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-41622	High	8.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2018-7700	High	8.8	75%	-	-
CVE-2015-2295	Medium	6.8	66%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-03-11.