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IBM WebSphere Portal Open Redirect Vulnerability (CVE-2018-1736)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128998

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Synopsis

The web portal application installed on remote Windows host is affected by an open redirct vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an unspecified open redirect vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker, using a specially crafted URL, can exploit this flaw to redirect a victim to an arbitrary website.

Solution

Apply the appropriate fixes according to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10729683

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128998

File Name: websphere_portal_cve-2018-1736.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/18/2019

Updated: 10/17/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1736

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Portal

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1736

BID: 105490