IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager up to 6.2.2 FP14 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager up to 6.2.2 FP14 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-1966. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager up to 6.2.2 FP14 (Directory Service Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.0 before FP17, 6.2.1 before FP9, and 6.2.2 before FP15, as used in Security Access Manager for Mobile and other products, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL, related to the (1) ERROR_DESCRIPTION and (2) TOKEN:RelayState macros.

The weakness was released 07/04/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-1966 since 02/19/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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 86317 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86317), SecurityFocus (BID 75537†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54029†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Directory Service Software

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• IBM

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• Tivoli Federated Identity Manager

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• 6.2.2 FP14

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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