IBM Emptoris Supplier Lifecycle Management 10.1.0.x Web UI cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in IBM Emptoris Supplier Lifecycle Management 10.1.0.x. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Web UI. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-1098. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Emptoris Supplier Lifecycle Management 10.1.0.x (Supplier Relationship Management Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Web UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

IBM Emptoris Supplier Lifecycle Management 10.1.0.x 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: 120658.

The bug was discovered 09/05/2017. The weakness was disclosed 09/07/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-1098 since 11/30/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. 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 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 351113 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for freeradius: AL2012-2017-207).

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

The entries VDB-104455 and VDB-106117 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Supplier Relationship Management Software

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• IBM

Name

• Emptoris Supplier Lifecycle Management

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• 10.1.0.x

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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