IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 5.x/6.0.6 Web UI cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 5.x/6.0.6 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Web UI. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-1763. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 5.x/6.0.6 (Testing Software). Affected is an unknown code 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 5.0 through 6.0.6 is 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: 148617.

The bug was discovered 03/08/2019. The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-1763 since 12/13/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A 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 08/01/2023). 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 6 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.

The entries VDB-131770, VDB-131773, VDB-131777 and VDB-131778 are pretty similar. 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.x
• 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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