SB2022091603 - XSS in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE)
Published: September 16, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7676)
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 when wrapping "<option>" elements in "<select>" ones changes parsing behavior. A remote authenticated 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-ibm-guardium-data-encryption-gde-cve-2020-7676/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-ibm-guardium-data-encryption-gde-cve-2020-7676/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6475607<br><br></p>