Security Bulletin: IBM Aspera Orchestrator was vulnerable to cross-site scripting due to multiple JQuery vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-41184, CVE-2021-41183, CVE-2021-41182)

Summary

The following vulnerabilities has been addressed in IBM Aspera Orchestrator 4.0.1.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-41184
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery jQuery-UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the .position() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the of parameter 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212277 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-41183
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery jQuery-UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Datepicker widget. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the Text parameter 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212276 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-41182
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery jQuery-UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Datepicker widget. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the altField parameter 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212274 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix as soon as possible:

Workarounds and Mitigations

None