CVE-2018-1255 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in RSA Identity Lifecycle and Governance.

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

What is CVE-2018-1255?

CVE-2018-1255 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle, published on 13 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

RSA Identity Lifecycle and Governance versions 7.0.1, 7.0.2 and 7.1.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by tricking a victim application user to supply malicious HTML or JavaScript code to a vulnerable web application, which is then reflected back to the victim and executed by the web browser.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1255?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Emc Rsa Identity Governance and Lifecycle.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1255?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1255 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-2018-1255 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1255 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9qvx-98rw-g873.

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