IBM WebSphere Portal Reflected XSS Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 107260

Synopsis

The web portal application installed on remote Windows host is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Solution

Apply the appropriate fixes according to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011519

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22013097

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 107260

File Name: websphere_portal_cve-2018-1416.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 3/9/2018

Updated: 11/8/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1416

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Portal

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1416

BID: 103168