Security Bulletin: Novalink is impacted by Apache MyFaces affects WebSphere Liberty, middle vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty (CVE-2021-26296)

Summary

Novalink uses WebSphere Application Server Liberty. There is a Apache MyFaces affects WebSphere Liberty , middle vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty. This vulnerability has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-26296
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache MyFaces is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to perform unauthorized actions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197017 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to upgrade to Novalink version 1.0.0.16 or 2.0.1 as applicable.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None