Cross-site scripting in Enterprise Security API - CVE-2022-24891
Published: May 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63480
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-2022-24891
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Affected software:
Enterprise Security API
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
IBM Data Risk Manager
Oracle BI Publisher
IBM OpenPages with Watson
Ubuntu
Cloud Foundry UAA
Bosh Release for the UAA
libowasp-esapi-java (Ubuntu package)
Enterprise Security API
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
IBM Data Risk Manager
Oracle BI Publisher
IBM OpenPages with Watson
Ubuntu
Cloud Foundry UAA
Bosh Release for the UAA
libowasp-esapi-java (Ubuntu package)
Detailed vulnerability 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 org.owasp.esapi:esapi. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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-2022-24891
Install updates from vendor's website.