Cross-site scripting in Dojo - CVE-2018-6561

 

Cross-site scripting in Dojo - CVE-2018-6561

Published: February 2, 2018 / Updated: January 30, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37568
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-2018-6561
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 via the onload attribute of an SVG element.

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

Dojo
IBM Cloud Pak System
Financial Transaction Manager for ACH Services and Check Services
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
WebSphere eXtreme Scale
IBM Security Verify Governance

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6561

Install update from vendor's website.

IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.3.7 iFix 01
Financial Transaction Manager for ACH Services and Check Services - update to 3.0.5.4 iFix 28
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM) - update to 4.2
WebSphere eXtreme Scale - update to 8.6.1.6 PH60890 iFix
IBM Security Verify Governance - update to 10.0.2.0.2

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