CVE-2021-35499 TIBCO Nimbus Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
A low-privileged attacker can inject malicious scripts into TIBCO Nimbus Web Reporting, allowing execution on victim systems via social engineering.
- 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-2021-35499?
CVE-2021-35499 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Nimbus, published on 26 Oct 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Web Reporting component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Nimbus contains easily exploitable Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that allow a low privileged attacker to social engineer a legitimate user with network access to execute scripts targeting the affected system or the victim's local system. A successful attack using this vulnerability requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Nimbus: versions 10.4.0 and below.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35499?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tibco Nimbus.
How do I fix CVE-2021-35499?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-35499 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-2021-35499 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35499 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Nimbus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8wxm-2fqq-q379.