Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Ruby on Rails affects IBM License Metric Tool v9 (CVE-2023-28362) and could allow cross-site scripting.

Summary

There is a vulnerability in the Ruby On Rails opens source component used by IBM License Metric Tool. The vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-28362
**DESCRIPTION:**Ruby on Rails is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the redirect_to method. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. 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/259190 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

Upgrade ILMT Server to version 9.2.33 or later using the following procedure:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/license-metric-tool?topic=tool-upgrading-latest-version&gt;.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None