IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 5.0.2/6.0.5 Web UI cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management up to 5.0.2/6.0.5. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Web UI. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-1250. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management up to 5.0.2/6.0.5 (Testing Software). This issue affects an unknown code 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. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.5 are 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 124630.

The bug was discovered 06/28/2018. The weakness was published 07/03/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1250 since 11/30/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/03/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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-120216, VDB-120217, VDB-120218 and VDB-120219. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Testing Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
• Rational Quality Manager

Version

• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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