CVE-2021-39068 Cross-site scripting in Curam Social Program Management

What is CVE-2021-39068?

CVE-2021-39068 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Curam Social Program Management, published on 11 Apr 2022. 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 Curam Social Program Management 8.0.1 and 7.0.11 is 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: 215306.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39068?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Curam Social Program Management.

How do I fix CVE-2021-39068?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-39068 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-2021-39068 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39068 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Curam Social Program Management

• 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5mhq-493g-fg24.