Cross-site scripting in Jazz Reporting Service - CVE-2016-5897
Published: February 1, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39756
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-2016-5897
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Jazz Reporting Service
Jazz Reporting Service
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.
IBM Jazz Reporting Service (JRS) is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5897
Install update from vendor's website.