Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Jquery-Ui, highcharts, and datatables are affecting QRadar User Behavior Analytics (CVE-2021-41182, CVE-2021-41183, CVE-2021-41184, CVE-2021-23445, CVE-2021-29489)

Security Bulletin

Summary

There are vulnerabilities in third party packages (JQuery-UI, Highcharts, datatables.net) affecting User Behavior Anaytics(UBA). UBA has been updated to the latest versions of these packages to address these vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-41182
DESCRIPTION: jQuery jQuery-UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Datepicker widget. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the altField parameter 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212274 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2021-41183
DESCRIPTION: jQuery jQuery-UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Datepicker widget. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the Text parameter 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212276 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2021-41184
DESCRIPTION: jQuery jQuery-UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the .position() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the of parameter 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212277 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2021-23445
DESCRIPTION: datatables.net 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 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210144 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2021-29489
DESCRIPTION: Highcharts JS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute scripts in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. 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/201299 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)
QRadar User Behavior Analytics	All

Remediation/Fixes

Addressed in version 4.1.8 of User Behavior Analytics

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Change History

05 Aug 2022: 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: Multiple vulnerabilities in Jquery-Ui, highcharts, and datatables are affecting QRadar User Behavior Analytics (CVE-2021-41182, CVE-2021-41183, CVE-2021-41184, CVE-2021-23445, CVE-2021-29489)