IBM WebSphere Portal Cross-Site Redirection

high Nessus Plugin ID 100222

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Synopsis

The web portal application installed on remote Windows host is affected by a cross-site redirection vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a cross-site redirection vulnerability due to improper validation of unspecified input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability, by convincing a user to follow a specially crafted link, to redirect a user from a legitimate website to a malicious website of the attacker's choosing, in which the attacker is able to spoof the URL that is displayed to the user.
This can allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information or to conduct further attacks.

Solution

Apply the appropriate fixes according to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100222

File Name: websphere_portal_cve-2017-1156.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/16/2017

Updated: 11/13/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1156

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Portal

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1156

BID: 98340

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