IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 6.0.6 Web UI cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 6.0.6. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Web UI. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-1649. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 6.0.6 (Testing Software). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Web UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6 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: 133259.

The bug was discovered 10/01/2018. The weakness was presented 10/02/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-1649 since 11/29/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. 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 05/19/2023). 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 1 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-124675, VDB-124676, VDB-124677 and VDB-124678 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Testing Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Rational Quality Manager

Version

• 5.0
• 5.01
• 5.02
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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