Cross-site scripting in IBM CICS TX Standard - CVE-2024-41745
Published: November 5, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99750
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41745
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker 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 attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
IBM CICS TX Standard
IBM CICS TX Advanced
IBM CICS TX Advanced
How to mitigate CVE-2024-41745
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
IBM CICS TX Standard - update to 11.1.0.0 ifix26
IBM CICS TX Advanced - update to 10.1.0.0 ifix33
IBM CICS TX Advanced - update to 10.1.0.0 ifix33