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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2020-7676)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MQ Appliance has addressed a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-7676
DESCRIPTION:   angular.js is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a web page that would be executed in a victim's web browser within the security context of the hosting web site, when the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183379 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 LTS
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD
IBM MQ Appliance 9.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 LTS

Apply fixpack 9.1.0.7, or later maintenance

IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 CD

Upgrade to 9.2.1, or later continuous delivery release

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 LTS

Upgrade to 9.2.0.1, or later maintenance

Workarounds and Mitigations

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2

This vulnerability is only applicable if the web console has been switched from the New Web Console (which is the default web console for IBM MQ Appliance V9.2.0) to the Dashboard Web Console (which was the web console for earlier versions of IBM MQ Appliance).

For instructions on how to switch between console types, see: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS5K6E_9.2.0/com.ibm.mqa.doc/administering/co00690_copyto.htm

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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

06 Jan 2021: 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:
06 January 2021

UID

ibm16361623

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