IBM Tivoli Monitoring HTTP Monitoring Console Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	56809
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-3297
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 04 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 01 2013 08:13AM
Credit:	IBM
Vulnerable:	IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.3 IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2
Not Vulnerable:

IBM Tivoli Monitoring HTTP Monitoring Console Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

IBM Tivoli Monitoring is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 and 6.2.3 are vulnerable.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring HTTP Monitoring Console Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit the issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to visit a specially crafted URL.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring HTTP Monitoring Console Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available; please see the references for details.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring HTTP Monitoring Console Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Tivoli Monitoring Homepage (IBM)