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: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6193
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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>
Affected software
WebSphere Portal
How to mitigate CVE-2014-6193
Install update from vendor's website.