Input validation error in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2014-6193

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Input validation error in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2014-6193

Published: December 19, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41002
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6193
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
WebSphere Portal

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate or delete data.

IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.0 through 8.0.0.1 CF14 and 8.5.0 before CF04, when the Managed Pages setting is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to write to pages via an XML injection attack. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/91.html">CWE-91: XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)</a>


How to mitigate CVE-2014-6193

Install update from vendor's website.

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