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Security Bulletin: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Affects IBM Sterling Control Center (CVE-2021-20528)

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Summary

IBM Sterling Control Center is 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.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-20528
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Sterling Control Center is 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: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198761 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)

Version(s)

 IBM Control Center

 6.2.0.0


Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

iFix

Remediation

 IBM Control Center

 6.2.0.0

 iFix08

Fix Central - 6.2.0.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

18 May 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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Document Information

Modified date:
18 May 2021

UID

ibm16454215