Cross-site scripting in CA API Developer Portal - CVE-2018-6587

 

Cross-site scripting in CA API Developer Portal - CVE-2018-6587

Published: March 29, 2018 / Updated: April 2, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11462
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6587
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: CA
Affected software:
CA API Developer Portal

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The weakness exists in the widgetID variable due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-6587

Update to version 3.5 CR7.

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