Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Data Loader (maxloader) shipped with IBM Maximo for Civil Infrastructure is vulnerable to autocomplete HTML Attribute not disabled for password field

Summary

There is autocomplete HTML attribute not disabled for password field in Maximo Data Loader (maxloader) which is shipped with IBM Maximo for Civil Infrastructure. It may be possible to bypass the web application’s authentication mechanism.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-20445
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Maximo for Civil Infrastructure could allow a user to obtain sensitive information due to insecure storeage of authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196621 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the interim fix, Fix Pack or PTF containing the APAR for the named product as soon as practical.

Download the correct version of the fix from the following link: Maximo for Civil Infrastructure Fix Pack 7.6.2.1. Installation instructions for the fix are included in the readme document that is in the fix package.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None