IBM WebSphere Portal up to 8.0.0.1 Reflected cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM WebSphere Portal up to 8.0.0.1. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-5379. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM WebSphere Portal up to 8.0.0.1 (Application Server Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Portal 7.x before 7.0.0.2 CF25 and 8.x before 8.0.0.1 CF8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging improper tagging functionality.

The weakness was released 11/08/2013 as Fixes integrated in WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 Combined Cumulative Fixes as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-01.ibm.com. The public release was coordinated with IBM. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-5379 since 08/22/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73207 (IBM WebSphere Portal Tagging Reflected XSS (PM96047)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 89003 (IBM WebSphere Portal Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability).

Applying the patch 8.0.0.1-WP-WCM-Combined-CFPM94847-zOS-CF08 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at www-933.ibm.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (86930), Tenable (73207), SecurityFocus (BID 63640†), OSVDB (99700†) and Secunia (SA55616†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-11172, VDB-12744 and VDB-12743. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Reflected
Class: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 73207
Nessus Name: IBM WebSphere Portal Tagging Reflected XSS (PM96047)
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 8.0.0.1-WP-WCM-Combined-CFPM94847-zOS-CF08

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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: Fixes integrated in WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 Combined Cumulative Fixes
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5379 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5379
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11171
X-Force: 86930 - IBM WebSphere Portal tagging cross-site scripting, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 63640 - IBM WebSphere Portal CVE-2013-5379 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 55616 - IBM WebSphere Portal Two Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 99700
Vulnerability Center: 43905 - IBM WebSphere Portal Remote XSS via Improper Tagging Functionality, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 11/18/2013 08:44
Updated: 06/02/2021 09:10
Changes: 11/18/2013 08:44 (51), 05/24/2017 11:04 (33), 06/02/2021 09:10 (3)
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