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Security Bulletin: IBM Content Navigator is susceptible to a cross-site scripting vunlerability.

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Content Navigator has addressed the following vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4757
DESCRIPTION:   IBM FileNet Content Manager and IBM Content Navigator is vulnerable to stored 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: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188600 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Content Navigator3.0CD

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVMRFRemediation / First Fix
IBM Content Navigator      3.0 Continuous DeliveryICN 3.0.9 and above

Workarounds and Mitigations

The IBM Content Navigator viewer map can be configured to prevent users from opening or previewing certain types of documents as described in this article: https://www-03preprod.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEUEX_3.0.8/com.ibm.installingeuc.doc/eucco011.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

Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Olivier Laflamme from GoSecure, Inc

Change History

18 Dec 2020: 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:
18 December 2020

UID

ibm16388806

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