IBM Planning Analytics up to 2.0.9 Web UI cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Planning Analytics up to 2.0.9 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web UI. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-4306. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Planning Analytics up to 2.0.9 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part 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 Planning Analytics Local 2.0.0 through 2.0.9 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: 176735.

The weakness was presented 05/29/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-4306 since 12/30/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary 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 05/30/2020). 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.

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

• Planning Analytics

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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