Security Bulletin: Flex System Manager web server allows Generic XSS (CVE-2013-5438)

2022-05-1616:03:13

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4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

55.0%

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Summary

The Flex System Manager (FSM) is running a web server that fails to adequately sanitize request strings of malicious JavaScript.

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

The Flex System Manager (FSM) is running a web server that fails to adequately sanitize request strings of malicious JavaScript.

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Vulnerability Details:

CVE ID: CVE-2013-5438

Description:
The Flex System Manager (FSM) is running a web server that fails to adequately sanitize request strings of malicious JavaScript. This vulnerability allows an attacker to cause arbitrary HTML and script code to be executed in a user’s browser.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/87753> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected products and versions

IBM Flex System Manager Node, Types 7955, 8731, 8734 all models, 1.1.0 - 1.3

Remediation:

Install FSMApplianceUpdate-1-3-1 update package for Flex System Manager Node. The package is available on IBM Fix Central.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

Acknowledgement
None

Change History
06 December 2013: Original Copy Published

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