IBM Lotus Notes up to 8.5.2 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 8.5.2. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0538. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 8.5.2 (Groupware Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes 8.x before 8.5.3 FP4 Interim Fix 1 and 9.0 before Interim Fix 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a SCRIPT element in an HTML e-mail message, aka SPRs JMOY95BLM6 and JMOY95BN49.

The weakness was disclosed 05/01/2013 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0538 since 12/16/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66637 (IBM Notes Accepts JavaScript Tags Inside HTML Emails), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121165 (IBM Notes Arbitrary Java and Javascript Code Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 8.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (83270), Tenable (66637) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39409†). The entry VDB-64051 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 66637
Nessus Name: IBM Notes Accepts JavaScript Tags Inside HTML Emails
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Lotus Notes 8.5.3
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05/01/2013 +136 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +691 days 🔍
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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
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CVE: CVE-2013-0538 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64052
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X-Force: 83270
SecurityFocus: 59589
Vulnerability Center: 39409 - IBM Lotus Notes 8.0 - 8.5.3 FP4, 9.0 Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability via a SCRIPT Element in an HTML E-mail Message, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 12/05/2024 13:33
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (56), 04/28/2017 18:05 (9), 01/02/2022 13:03 (4), 12/05/2024 13:33 (15)
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