IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.x < 8.0.0.1 CF21 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93026

Synopsis

The web portal software installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote Windows host is 8.0.0.x prior to 8.0.0.1 CF21. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-2925)

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to a failure to set the 'Secure' flag for cookies transmitted via WAB forwarding, resulting in the information being transmitted in cleartext. A man-in-the-middle attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive information.

- An information disclose vulnerability exists in the portal model REST feeds due to exposing version information. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive version information.

Solution

Upgrade to IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 Cumulative Fix 21 (CF21) or later.

See Also

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034497#CF21

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93026

File Name: websphere_portal_8_0_0_1_cf21.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/18/2016

Updated: 11/14/2019

Supported Sensors: 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-2016-2925

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_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Portal

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2925

BID: 92180