IBM WebSphere Portal Web Content Viewer Portlet Privilege Escalation (PI15723)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74160

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host has web portal software installed that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Web Content Viewer portlet due to improper handling of JSP includes. A remote attacker is able to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or control the request dispatcher by sending a specially crafted URL request.

Solution

IBM has published Interim Fix PI15723. Refer to IBM's advisory for more information.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74160

File Name: websphere_portal_cve-2014-0954.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/23/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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: 5/13/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0954

BID: 67421

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