IBM Lotus iNotes CVE-2012-5943 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	58665
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-5943
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 21 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 21 2013 12:00AM
Credit:	IBM
Vulnerable:	IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5.3 IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5.2 IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5.1 IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5
Not Vulnerable:	IBM Lotus iNotes 9.0

IBM Lotus iNotes CVE-2012-5943 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

IBM Lotus iNotes 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 Lotus iNotes 8.5, 8.5.1, 8.5.2 and 8.5.3 are vulnerable.

IBM Lotus iNotes CVE-2012-5943 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

IBM Lotus iNotes CVE-2012-5943 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

IBM Lotus iNotes CVE-2012-5943 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• IBM Lotus iNotes Homepage (IBM)
  
• Security vulnerabilities addressed in IBM iNotes 9.0 (CVE-2012-5943) (IBM)