Cross-site scripting in IBM DataPower Gateway - CVE-2018-1667
Published: December 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16640
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1667
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM DataPower Gateway
IBM DataPower Gateway
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can edit new comments from higher-privileged users, 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-2018-1667
Install update from vendor's website:
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 2018.4.1.0 | IT26335 | Install the fix pack. |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.6.0.11 | IT26335 | Install the fix pack. |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.5.2.18 | IT26335 | Install the fix pack. |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.5.1.18 | IT26335 | Install the fix pack. |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 7.5.0.19 | IT26335 | Install the fix pack. |