#VU11751 Cross-site scripting in WebSphere Portal - CVE-2018-1445
Published: April 10, 2018 / Updated: April 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11751
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-1445
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
WebSphere Portal
WebSphere Portal
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The weakness exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. 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.
Remediation
Update 9.0 or 8.5.0 to CF16 and 8.0.0 or 8.0.0.1 to CF23.