Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in jQuery (CVE-2020-11022).

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in jQuery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the jQuery.htmlPrefilter method (CVE-2020-11022). jQuery is used by the runtime components included in IBM Watson Speech. Please read the details for remediation below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-11022
DESCRIPTION: jQuery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the jQuery.htmlPrefilter method. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181349 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	4.0.0 - 4.5.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Product(s)	Version(s)	Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	4.5.1	The fix in 4.5.1 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-4.5.0). Version 4.5.1 can be downloaded and installed from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-pa ks/cp-data/4.5.x?topic=installing

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

15 Jul 2022: 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in jQuery (CVE-2020-11022).