CVE-2020-4445 Cross-site scripting in Engineering Workflow Management

Medium 5.4 Published 2 Sep 2020 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Attackers can inject JavaScript into the Web UI to steal credentials from trusted sessions in IBM Jazz Team Server applications.

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-2020-4445?

CVE-2020-4445 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published on 2 Sep 2020. 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 Team Server based Applications are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 181122.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4445?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Ibm Doors Next, Ibm Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next, Ibm Engineering Test Management, Ibm Engineering Workflow Management, Ibm Eni, Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4445?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4445 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-2020-4445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2gxg-v6j4-qrcm.