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

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management up to 5.0.2/6.0.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web UI. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1691. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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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 (Testing Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Web UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect 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 ID: 134066.

The bug was discovered 06/28/2018. The weakness was released 07/03/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-1691 since 11/30/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price 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.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best 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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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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