Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in jquery may affect IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak and result in an attacker obtaining sensitive information. (CVE-2020-23064)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in jQuery used by IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak as part of the operator, which may result in cross site scripting (CVE-2020-23064). This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-23064
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the element. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259074 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

| 23.0.0 - 23.0.10| Update to 23.0.11 or higher using the following instructions.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.