VDB-124460 · CVE-2018-1659 · XFDB 144885

IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6 Web UI cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Web UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 144885.

The bug was discovered 09/20/2018. The weakness was published 09/25/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1659 since 12/12/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/19/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-124456, VDB-124458, VDB-124459 and VDB-124457.

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Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

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commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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12/12/2017 🔍
09/20/2018 +281 days 🔍
09/25/2018 +4 days 🔍
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09/26/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/19/2023 +1696 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1659 (🔍)
X-Force: 144885

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2018 07:36 AM
Updated: 05/19/2023 08:03 AM
Changes: 09/26/2018 07:36 AM (59), 03/27/2020 03:15 PM (1), 05/19/2023 07:58 AM (3), 05/19/2023 08:03 AM (13)
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