Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Portal



| Updated: 2020-08-11
Risk Low
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 3
CVE-ID CVE-2013-0587
CVE-2013-0549
CVE-2013-2950
CWE-ID CWE-79
CWE-94
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 WebSphere Portal
Server applications / Application servers

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU42665

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0587

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in IBM WebSphere Portal before 8.0.0.1 CF07 when processing vectors involving the (1) Portal, (2) Portal 7.0.0.2, (3) Portal 8.0, or (4) PortalWeb2 theme. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

WebSphere Portal: 5.1.0.0 - 8.0.0.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM90118
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21646618
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84345


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU42820

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0549

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the Web Content Manager - Web Content Viewer Portlet in the server in IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0.0.x through 7.0.0.2 CF22 and 8.0.0.x through 8.0.0.1 CF5, when the IBM Portlet API is used,. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

WebSphere Portal: 7.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM84525
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21638984
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82762


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU42821

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2950

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.

CRLF injection vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0.x before 6.1.0.3 CF26, 6.1.5.x before 6.1.5 CF26, 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2 CF21, and 8.0.0.x through 8.0.0.1 CF5, when home substitution (aka uri.home.substitution) is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

WebSphere Portal: 6.1.0.0 - 8.0.0.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM85071
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21638864
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83618


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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