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Security Bulletin: WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (CVE-2019-4663)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Admin Center. This has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-4663
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/171245 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 - 19.0.0.11

Remediation/Fixes

For WebSphere Application Server Liberty using adminCenter-1.0[]:

· Upgrade to minimal fix pack levels as required by interim fix and then apply Interim Fix PH18799
--OR--
· Apply Fix Pack 19.0.0.12 or later (targeted availability 4Q2019).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

09 December 2019: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 December 2019

UID

ibm11127367

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