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

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management up to 5.0.2/6.0.5. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web UI. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-1280. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management up to 5.0.2/6.0.5 (Testing Software) and classified 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 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 ID: 124758.

The bug was discovered 06/28/2018. The weakness was presented 07/03/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1280 since 11/30/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of 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.This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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.

See VDB-120215, VDB-120216, VDB-120217 and VDB-120219 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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