Security Bulletin: Cross Site Scripting may affect IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Case Manager (ICM)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Case Manager and IBM Business Automation Workflow may be vulnerable to a cross site scripting attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4768
DESCRIPTION: IBM Case Manager and IBM Business Automation Workflow are 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: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188907 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 Business Automation Workflow	V18.0.0.x
IBM Business Automation Workflow	V19.0.0.x
IBM Business Automation Workflow	V20.0.0.1
IBM Case Manager	V5.3.x
IBM Case Manager	V5.2.x

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	Remediation / Fix
IBM Business Automation Workflow	V20.0.0.1	Apply PJ46300 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 20.0.0.2 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow	V19.0.0.x	Apply PJ46300 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 20.0.0.2 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow	V18.0.0.x	Upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 19.0.0.3 and apply PJ46300 or upgrade IBM Business Automation Workflow 20.0.0.2 or later.
IBM Case Manager	V5.3.x	Apply IBM Case Manager interim fix for PJ46300
IBM Case Manager	V5.2.x	Upgrade to IBM Case Manager 5.3.3 and apply PJ46300 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 20.0.0.2 or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Case package is not enabled by default in case pages. Therefore, no vulnerability is exposed if the feature is not used.
You can disable the case package feature to be used in case pages. Instead use case operations in a workflow process to create a case package.

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

22 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: Cross Site Scripting may affect IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Case Manager (ICM) - CVE-2020-4768