Cross-site scripting in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - CVE-2020-4304
Published: April 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26552
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4304
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 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.
Affected software
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
Watson Speech to Text, Text to Speech
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights
Watson Speech to Text, Text to Speech
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights
How to mitigate CVE-2020-4304
Install update from vendor's website.
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - update to 20.0.0.4
Watson Speech to Text, Text to Speech - update to 1.1.2
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights - addressed in versions 1.1.3.1, 1.1.4.2
Watson Speech to Text, Text to Speech - update to 1.1.2
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights - addressed in versions 1.1.3.1, 1.1.4.2