IBM Team Concert up to 6.0.5 Web UI cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Team Concert up to 6.0.5. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Web UI. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-1766. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Team Concert up to 6.0.5. This affects 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. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Team Concert (RTC) 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: 148620.

The bug was discovered 10/25/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/28/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1766 since 12/12/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. 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 06/03/2023). 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 4 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.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Team Concert

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

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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