IBM Star Command Center up to 3.0.5 Web Client cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Star Command Center up to 3.0.5. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Web Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the help pages in Web\Content\Help\ in the Web Client in IBM Cognos Command Center (aka Star Command Center or Star Analytics) before 10.1, when Internet Explorer is used, allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 07/25/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-3979 since 06/07/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading to version 3.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (84904).

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Star Command Center 3.0.6

Timelineinfo

06/07/2013 🔍
07/23/2013 +46 days 🔍
07/25/2013 +2 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +607 days 🔍
01/04/2022 +2478 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3979 (🔍)
X-Force: 84904 - IBM Cognos Star Command Center cross-site scripting
SecurityTracker: 1028829
SecurityFocus: 61419 - IBM Cognos Command Center Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 54286

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/04/2022 08:16
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (52), 02/23/2018 10:22 (6), 01/04/2022 08:16 (3)
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