Improper access control in TIBCO JasperReports Server - CVE-2017-14941
Published: October 2, 2017 / Updated: October 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8649
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14941
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: JasperSoft
Affected software:
TIBCO JasperReports Server
TIBCO JasperReports Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper implementation of access controls in Jaspersoft JasperReports 4.7 when accessing flow.html file. A remote authenticated attacker can retrieve stored Data Source passwords by accessing flow.html and reading the HTML source code of the page reached in an Edit action for a Data Source connector.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14941
Update to version 6.4.0.