CVE-2017-1500 Information

Description

A Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the authorization function exposed by RESTful Web Api of IBM Worklight Framework 6.1 6.2 6.3 7.0 7.1 and 8.0. The vulnerable parameter is \scope; if you set as its value a \realm\ not defined in authenticationConfig.xml you get an HTTP 403 Forbidden response and the value will be reflected in the body of the HTTP response. By setting it to arbitrary JavaScript code it is possible to modify the flow of the authorization function potentially leading to credential disclosure within a trusted session.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Reference

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg2C1000316 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/129404

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.1