# CVE-2019-4285: Cross-site scripting in WebSphere Application Server

> Remote attackers can hijack user clicks or launch client-side attacks in the Liberty Admin Center via malicious websites.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:L/PR:L/I:L/UI:R/AV:N/C:L/S:C/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7664-prxg-9r45

## What is CVE-2019-4285?

CVE-2019-4285 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 30 Jul 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 WebSphere Application Server - Liberty Admin Center could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to hijack the victim's click actions or launch other client-side browser attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 160513.

Weakness: CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4285?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Websphere Application Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-4285?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-4285 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server

- [CVE-2015-1920](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1920/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-0462](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0462/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1377/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-3186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3186/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1899/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-4285 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-4285 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 30 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Websphere Application Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4285/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4285/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4285
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4285
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-4285

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