IBM Connections Portlets for WebSphere Portal Reflected XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72646

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has web portal software installed that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of WebSphere Portal on the remote host is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability if the version of Connections Portlets installed is not 4.5.1 FP1 or newer.

Solution

IBM has published fix pack 1 (FP1) for Connections Portlets for WebSphere Portal version 4.5.1. Refer to IBM's advisory for more information.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3ca857af

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21663921

http://www.nessus.org/u?269c6bdf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72646

File Name: websphere_portal_cve-2014-0855.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/22/2014

Updated: 8/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Portal

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0855

BID: 65477

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990