Vigil@nce - WebSphere AS: Cross Site Scripting via Installation Verification Tool
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting via Installation
Verification Tool of WebSphere AS, in order to run JavaScript code
in the context of the web site.
Impacted products: Security Directory Server, Tivoli System
Automation, WebSphere AS Traditional.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: client access/rights.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 12/11/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The WebSphere AS product offers a web service.
However, it does not filter received data via Installation
Verification Tool before inserting them in generated HTML
documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting via
Installation Verification Tool of WebSphere AS, in order to run
JavaScript code in the context of the web site.
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