IBM MQ 9.0.2 - 9.0.5 / 9.1.0.x < 9.1.0.1 Console Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2018-1836)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123510

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Synopsis

A message queuing service installed on the remote host is affected by a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the IBM MQ server installed on the remote host is 9.0.2 CD - 9.05 CD, or 9.1.0.x LTS < 9.1.0.1 LTS, and is therefore affected by a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the IBM MQ Web Console due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

Solution

Upgrade to IBM MQ 9.1.1 or apply interim fix for APAR IT26555 to IBM MQ 9.1.0.1 as per the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123510

File Name: websphere_mq_swg24043697.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/29/2019

Updated: 10/30/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_mq

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere MQ, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1836

Detections

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