CVE-2016-6037 Cross-site scripting in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

Medium 4.8 Published 10 May 2017 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers with admin privileges can inject malicious HTML into projects, executing code in victims' browsers within the site's security context.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-6037?

CVE-2016-6037 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Rational Quality Manager, published on 10 May 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker with project administrator privileges could send a project that contains malicious HTML code, which when the project is viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 116918.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6037?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Rational Quality Manager, Ibm Rational Team Concert.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6037?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6037 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2016-6037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-mmwp-mp76-6x74.