SNS Vulnerability

IBM WebSphere Portal Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description

(:A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Portal.:A remote attacker can exploit it in order to execute arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code by enticing their victim into following a specially formed link.::No further information is available.)

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
WebSphere Portal (IBM) - 8.5, 8.5.0, 8.5.0 CF02, 8.5.0 CF03, 8.5.0 CF04, ..., 8.5.0 CF06, 8.5.0 CF07, 8.5.0 CF08, 8.5.0 CF1, 8.5.0.0

Solution

IBM has released the Cumulative Fix 09 for version 8.5 of WebSphere Portal which fixes this vulnerability.

CVE

CVE-2016-0209

References

- IBM Security Bulletin: Fix available for Security Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Portal (CVE-2016-0209)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21974564

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'meta' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'img' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0

Risk level

Moderate

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2016-01-21

Target Type

Server

Possible exploit

Remote