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Security Bulletin: Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities in jQuery might affect IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) - CVE-2020-7656, CVE-2020-11022, CVE-2020-11023

Security Bulletin


Summary

Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities in jQuery might affect Process Portal in IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-7656
DESCRIPTION:   jQuery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the load 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/182264 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-11023
DESCRIPTION:   jQuery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the option elements. 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/181350 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)

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)

Third Party Entry:   180875
DESCRIPTION:   jQuery cross-site scripting
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180875 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 Business Automation WorkflowV20.0
V19.0
V18.0
IBM Business Process ManagerV8.6
V8.5
V8.0

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

 

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR JR62354 as soon as practical:

For IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0, V19.0, and V20.0
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR62354
--OR--
· Apply cumulative fix Business Automation Workflow V20.0.0.2 or later

For IBM Business Automation Workflow on Containers, see Readme for IBM Business Automation Workflow on Containers 20.0.0.1 IF001


For IBM Business Process Manager V8.6
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR62354
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V20.0.0.2 or later

For IBM BPM V8.5
· Upgrade to IBM BPM V8.5.7, apply Cumulative Fix 2017.06 and then apply iFix JR62354
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V20.0.0.2 or later

For IBM BPM V8.0
· Upgrade to IBM BPM V8.0.1, apply Fix Pack 3 and then apply iFix JR62354
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V20.0.0.2 or later

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

Acknowledgement

Change History

04 Sep 2020: Initial Publication
12 Oct 2020: Add link to IBM Business Automation Workflow on Containers fix
04 May 2022: Scope this bulletin to Process Portal

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 May 2022

UID

ibm16326835

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