Cross-site scripting in dijit - CVE-2020-4051

 

Cross-site scripting in dijit - CVE-2020-4051

Published: June 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29228
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-2020-4051
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 in the Editor's LinkDialog plugin. 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

dijit
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
Financial Transaction Manager for ACH Services and Check Services
WebSphere eXtreme Scale
IBM Security Verify Governance
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition
Ubuntu
dojo (Ubuntu package)
Jazz Reporting Service
IBM Cognos Analytics

How to mitigate CVE-2020-4051

Install updates from vendor's website.

dijit - addressed in versions 1.11.11, 1.12.9, 1.13.8, 1.14.7, 1.15.4, 1.16.3
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.3.6
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM) - update to 4.1.1 FP6
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition - update to 4.2.0.20
dojo (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.10.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.15.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.15.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1
Financial Transaction Manager for ACH Services and Check Services - update to 3.0.5.4 iFix 28
Jazz Reporting Service - addressed in versions 7.0.2 iFix030, 7.0.3 iFix07
WebSphere eXtreme Scale - update to 8.6.1.6 PH60890 iFix
IBM Security Verify Governance - update to 10.0.2.0.3
IBM Cognos Analytics - addressed in versions 11.1.7.6, 11.2.3

External References

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