IBM Lotus Workplace Content Management page navigation component cross-site scripting
| ibm-lotus-workplace-navigation-xss (46749) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
IBM Lotus Workplace Content Management is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the page navigation component. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an unspecified parameter in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to IBM APAR PK73933 or IBM APAR PK73108 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information, available from the IBM Web site. See References.
References:
- IBM APAR PK73108: WCM URL PARAMETERS ARE NOT BEING ENCODED..
- IBM APAR PK73933: WCM 6100 CUMULATIVE IFIX 8 (CF 8).
- IBM Web site: Lotus Web Content Management.
- BID-32408: IBM Lotus Web Content Management Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-5228: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Workplace Content Management (WCM) 6.0G and 6.1 before CF8, when a Page Navigation Component shows menu entries, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters in the URI, related to parameters not being encoded.
- SA32763: IBM Workplace Web Content Management Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-3234: Workplace Web Content Management Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content Management 60G
Reported:
Nov 17, 2008
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