Cross-site scripting in IBM CICS TX Advanced - CVE-2023-33846

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Cross-site scripting in IBM CICS TX Advanced - CVE-2023-33846

Published: June 9, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77137
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33846
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote user to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Affected software

IBM CICS TX Advanced
IBM CICS TX Standard
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms

How to mitigate CVE-2023-33846

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

IBM CICS TX Advanced - addressed in versions 10.1.0.0 ifix17, 11.1.0.0 ifix10
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms - addressed in versions 8.2.0.2, 9.1.0.2
IBM CICS TX Standard - update to 11.1.0.0 ifix10

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