IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Team Concert and Rational DOORS Next Generation. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-0285. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Team Concert and Rational DOORS Next Generation (Testing Software) (unknown version). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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 IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 3.0.1.6 before iFix8, 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational Quality Manager 3.0.1.6 before iFix8, 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational Team Concert 3.0.1.6 before iFix8, 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; and Rational Software Architect Design Manager 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted field.

The bug was discovered 10/03/2016. The weakness was published 11/24/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0285 since 12/08/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple 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.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 52 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94550†). Similar entries are available at VDB-93767, VDB-93769, VDB-93771 and VDB-93773. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Testing Software

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• IBM

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• Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
• Rational DOORS Next Generation
• Rational Quality Manager
• Rational Team Concert

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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