Red Hat JBoss BRMS/JBoss BPMS 6 Business Process Editor Stored cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat JBoss BRMS and JBoss BPMS 6 (Application Server Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Business Process Editor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

JBoss BRMS 6 and BPM Suite 6 are vulnerable to a stored XSS via business process editor. The flaw is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5398. Remote, authenticated attackers that have privileges to create business processes can store scripts in them, which are not properly sanitized before showing to other users, including admins.

The bug was discovered 11/28/2016. The weakness was presented 08/01/2018 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-8608 since 10/12/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/28/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 611 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Stored
Class: Cross site scripting / Stored
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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10/12/2016 🔍
11/28/2016 +47 days 🔍
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08/01/2018 +610 days 🔍
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08/02/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/28/2023 +1729 days 🔍

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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:2822
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-8608 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 94568 - Red Hat JBoss BRMS and BPM Suite CVE-2016-8608 Incomplete Fix HTML Injection Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2018 07:23
Updated: 04/28/2023 01:14
Changes: 08/02/2018 07:23 (61), 03/12/2020 10:13 (4), 04/28/2023 00:59 (3), 04/28/2023 01:14 (12)
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