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

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management up to 5.0.2/6.0.5 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web UI. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-1608. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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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 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. 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: 132928.

The bug was discovered 06/28/2018. The weakness was released 07/03/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1608 since 11/30/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/03/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.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 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.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-120215, VDB-120216, VDB-120217 and VDB-120218. Once again VulDB remains the best 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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