IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 CF11 Multiple XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73385

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has web portal software installed that is affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal on the remote host is affected by multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities :

- An XSS vulnerability exists in the Web Content Manager user interface. (CVE-2014-0828)

- An XSS vulnerability exists in the Social Rendering feature of the IBM Connections integration.
(CVE-2014-0901)

An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute code in the security context of a user's browser to steal authentication cookies.

Solution

IBM has published a cumulative fix for WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 (CF11). Refer to IBM's advisory for more information.

See Also

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21667016

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90566

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/91398

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73385

File Name: websphere_portal_8_0_0_1_cf11.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 4/7/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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: 3/31/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0828, CVE-2014-0901

BID: 66556, 66559

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990