What is CVE-2021-38868?

CVE-2021-38868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-38868?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

CSRF in IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises

CVE-2021-38868

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2022-07-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6604005 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208310 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38868?: CVE-2021-38868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-38868?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.