VDB-91026 · CVE-2016-2956 · BID 92542

IBM Connections up to 5.0 CR3/5.5 Web UI cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in IBM Connections up to 5.0 CR3/5.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web UI. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-2956. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Connections up to 5.0 CR3/5.5 (Groupware Software). Affected is 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 confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 5.0 before CR4 and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2954 and CVE-2016-3008.

The weakness was released 09/01/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-2956 since 03/09/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch 5.0 CR4/5.5 CR1 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 92542†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-91025 and VDB-91031. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 5.0 CR4/5.5 CR1

Timelineinfo

03/09/2016 🔍
08/17/2016 +161 days 🔍
09/01/2016 +15 days 🔍
09/01/2016 +0 days 🔍
09/02/2016 +1 days 🔍
04/06/2019 +946 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2956 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2956
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91026
SecurityFocus: 92542 - IBM Connections CVE-2016-2956 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2016 11:07
Updated: 04/06/2019 18:39
Changes: 09/02/2016 11:07 (52), 04/06/2019 18:39 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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