CVE-2018-1658 Cross-site scripting in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
Remote attackers can inject HTTP headers via crafted pages, enabling XSS, cache poisoning, or session hijacking in IBM Rational CLM.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1658?
CVE-2018-1658 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published on 14 Mar 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
IBM Jazz Foundation (IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 through 6.0.6) is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 144884.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1658?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1658?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1658 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-2018-1658 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1658 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
- CVE-2014-0862 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2017-1701 Weak cryptography in Rational Team Concert
- CVE-2016-0326 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2016-9707 XML external entity in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
- CVE-2015-7440 Privilege escalation in n/a
All Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-23cr-5p5j-334x.