CVE-2020-4775 Cross-site scripting in Curam SPM

What is CVE-2020-4775?

CVE-2020-4775 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Curam SPM, published on 12 Oct 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

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability may impact IBM Curam Social Program Management 7.0.9 and 7.0.10. This vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web applications for the purpose of running unwanted actions on the end user's device, restricted to a single location. IBM X-Force ID: 189153.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4775?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Curam Social Program Management.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4775?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4775 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-2020-4775 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4775 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Curam SPM

• CVE-2016-6111 XML external entity in Cram Social Program Management Critical 9.1
• CVE-2014-8903 Code injection in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2020-4779 Auth bypass in Curam SPM High 8.1
• CVE-2020-4772 XML external entity in Curam SPM High 7.1
• CVE-2018-1654 Open redirect in Curam Social Program Management Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rpc3-5m2x-2w73.