Cross-site scripting in Rational Publishing Engine - CVE-2016-2912
Published: August 8, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40140
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-2016-2912
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Rational Publishing Engine
Rational Publishing Engine
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the Document Builder in IBM Rational Publishing Engine (aka RPENG) 2.0.1 before ifix002. A remote authenticated 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-2016-2912
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.