SB2023110624 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Control Desk
Published: November 6, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Prototype pollution (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10768)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the merge() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a adding or modifying properties of `Object.prototype` using a `__proto__` payload and execute arbitrary script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14863)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28481)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to CORS misconfiguration. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.