#VU62599 Cross-site scripting in IBM Maximo Asset Management - CVE-2022-22435
Published: April 26, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62599
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-22435
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM Maximo Asset Management
IBM Maximo Asset Management
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the Web UI. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in victim's browser in security context of the web application.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.