Stored cross-site scripting in RSA Authentication Manager - CVE-2018-11073
Published: September 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14906
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11073
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 authenticated attacker with Operations administrator privileges can store malicious JavaScript code within the application 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.
Affected software
RSA Authentication Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11073
Install updates from vendor's website.
RSA Authentication Manager - update to 8.3 Patch 3