CVE-2022-34165 Cross-site scripting in WebSphere Application Server

What is CVE-2022-34165?

CVE-2022-34165 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 9 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.9 are vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cache poisoning and cross-site scripting. IBM X-Force ID: 229429.

Weakness: CWE-74

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34165?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2022-34165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34165 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-2022-34165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server

• CVE-2015-1920 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-0462 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1377 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3186 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1899 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ibm Websphere Application Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-76w3-wr72-rh8j.