IBM WebSphere Portal 8.x < 8.0.0.1 CF13 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77533

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the HttpClient component of the Apache HttpComponents library. An attacker can exploit this issue by sending a Proxy-Authorization header to retrieve a user's password. (CVE-2011-1498)

- An unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user input. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute code in the security context of a user's browser.
(CVE-2014-3102)

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to the returned error codes which an attacker can use to identify devices behind a firewall. (CVE-2014-4746)

- An unspecified open redirect vulnerability exists that can allow an attacker to perform a phishing attack by enticing a user to click on a malicious URL.
(CVE-2014-4760)

Solution

IBM has published a cumulative fix for WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 (CF13). Refer to IBM's advisory for more information.

See Also

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676776

http://www.nessus.org/u?4c0df724

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21680230

http://www.nessus.org/u?ad660435

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77533

File Name: websphere_portal_8_0_0_1_cf13.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/5/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

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-2014-4760

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: 7/29/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1498, CVE-2014-3102, CVE-2014-4746, CVE-2014-4760

BID: 46974, 69044, 69045, 69047

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

CERT: 153049