#VU60870 Spoofing attack in IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - CVE-2021-39038

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#VU60870 Spoofing attack in IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - CVE-2021-39038

Published: February 25, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60870
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39038
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM WebSphere Application Server
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform clickjacking attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data, when REST API discovery is configured through the WebSphere administrative console Web Container settings to enable the API Discovery service, or through IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty features mpOpenAPI-1.0, mpOpenAPI-1.1, mpOpenAPI-2.0, apiDiscovery-1.0, openapi-3.0 or openapi-3.1. A remote attacker can perform clickjacking attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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