IBM WebSphere Portal Unspecified XSS (PI16174)

low Nessus Plugin ID 77538

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal on the remote host is affected by an unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper user input validation. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute code in the security context of a user's browser to steal authentication cookies.

Solution

IBM has published Interim Fix PI16174. Refer to IBM's advisory for more information.

See Also

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 77538

File Name: websphere_portal_cve-2014-3102.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 9/5/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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: 7/29/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3102

BID: 69045

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