Cross-site scripting in Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite) - CVE-2016-7033
Published: September 7, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40131
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7033
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite)
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite)
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the admin pages in dashbuilder in Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.3.2 when processing unspecified vectors. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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-2016-7033
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.