IBM WebSphere Portal CVE-2014-0828 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	66556
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-0828
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 22 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 08 2014 12:47AM
Credit:	IBM
Vulnerable:	IBM Websphere Portal 6.1.5 .0 IBM Websphere Portal 6.1 .3 IBM Websphere Portal 6.1 .2 IBM Websphere Portal 6.1 .1 IBM Websphere Portal 7.0.0.1
Not Vulnerable:

IBM WebSphere Portal CVE-2014-0828 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

IBM WebSphere Portal is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary HTML and 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 WebSphere Portal prior to 8.0.0.1 CF11 are vulnerable.

IBM WebSphere Portal CVE-2014-0828 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to open a malicious URI.

IBM WebSphere Portal CVE-2014-0828 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

IBM WebSphere Portal CVE-2014-0828 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• IBM Homepage (IBM)