Cross-site scripting in RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle - CVE-2018-1255

 

Cross-site scripting in RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle - CVE-2018-1255

Published: July 12, 2018 / Updated: July 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13864
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2018-1255
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: RSA
Affected software:
RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists 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-2018-1255

Update to version 7.0.2 P07, 7.1.0 P01.

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