#VU16640 Cross-site scripting in IBM DataPower Gateway - CVE-2018-1667 

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#VU16640 Cross-site scripting in IBM DataPower Gateway - CVE-2018-1667

Published: December 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16640
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1667
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM DataPower Gateway
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can edit new comments from higher-privileged users, 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

Install update from vendor's website: 
IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1.0 IT26335 Install the fix pack.
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.6.0.11 IT26335 Install the fix pack.
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.2.18 IT26335 Install the fix pack.
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.1.18 IT26335 Install the fix pack.
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.0.19 IT26335 Install the fix pack.

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