IBM WebSphere Portal (swg22008586)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103568

Synopsis

The web portal software installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing 'dot dot' sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Solution

Apply the appropriate fixes per the vendor advisory.

- For 7.0.0.x, upgrade to version 7.0.0.2 CF30 and apply interim fix PI87495.

- For 8.0.0.x, upgrade to version 8.0.0.1 CF30 and apply interim fix PI87495.

- For 8.5.x, upgrade to CF15, or upgrade to either CF13 or CF14 and apply interim fix PI87495.

- For 9.0.x, upgrade to CF15, or upgrade to either CF13 or CF14 and apply interim fix PI87495.

See Also

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22008586

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103568

File Name: websphere_portal_swg22008586.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 10/2/2017

Updated: 8/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 9/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1577