SNS Vulnerability

IBM Business Process Manager Error Handling Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in IBM Business Process Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Certain input related to the error handling is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability is reported in the following products and versions:
* IBM Business Process Manager Standard versions 7.5.x, 8.0.x, and 8.5.x.
* IBM Business Process Manager Express versions 7.5.x, 8.0.x, and 8.5.x.
* IBM Business Process Manager Advanced versions 7.5.x, 8.0.x, and 8.5.x.

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
IBM Business Process Manager 7.xIBM Business Process Manager 8.x

Solution

Apply APAR JR52626.

CVE

CVE-2015-0193

References

IBM (JR52626):
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21697944

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

Low

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2015-05-28

Target Type

Server

Possible exploit

Remote