VDB-91028 · CVE-2016-2997 · BID 92580

IBM Connections up to 4.0 CR4/4.5 CR5/5.0 CR3/5.5 Web UI cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM Connections up to 4.0 CR4/4.5 CR5/5.0 CR3/5.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Web UI. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-2997. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Connections up to 4.0 CR4/4.5 CR5/5.0 CR3/5.5 (Groupware Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Web UI. 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 confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, 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-2016-2995, CVE-2016-3005, and CVE-2016-3010.

The weakness was presented 09/01/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-2997 since 03/09/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. 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.

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 92580†). See VDB-91027, VDB-91029, VDB-91030 and VDB-91032 for similar entries. 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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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 5.0 CR4/5.5 CR1

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03/09/2016 🔍
08/18/2016 +162 days 🔍
09/01/2016 +14 days 🔍
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09/02/2016 +1 days 🔍
04/06/2019 +946 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
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CVE: CVE-2016-2997 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2997
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91028
SecurityFocus: 92580 - IBM Connections CVE-2016-2997 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2016 11:08
Updated: 04/06/2019 18:46
Changes: 09/02/2016 11:08 (52), 04/06/2019 18:46 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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