Cross-site scripting in IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2023-50947
Published: February 2, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86036
CSH Severity: Low
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-2023-50947
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. A remote user 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.
Affected software
IBM Business Automation Workflow
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
How to mitigate CVE-2023-50947
Install updates from vendor's website.
IBM Business Automation Workflow - addressed in versions 21.0.3 IF029, 23.0.2
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.29, 23.0.2.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.29, 23.0.2.1