Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Dojo toolkit shipped with IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale Liberty Deployment and eXtremescale Client

Summary

Dojo toolkit is used for UI in IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale Liberty Deployment and eXtremescale Client. These vulnerabilities are reported in Dojo toolkit (CVE-2019-10785, CVE-2018-6561, CVE-2020-4051, CVE-2018-15494, CVE-2020-5259).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-10785
**DESCRIPTION:**Dojox is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the dojox.xmpp.util.xmlEncode. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. 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/176460 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)

CVEID:CVE-2018-6561
**DESCRIPTION:**Dojo Toolkit is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in dijit.Editor, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the ‘onload’ attribute of an SVG element 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/138648 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-4051
**DESCRIPTION:**Dijit is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Editor’s LinkDialog plugin. 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/183740 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)

CVEID:CVE-2018-15494
**DESCRIPTION:**Dojo Toolkit is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the DataGrid component. 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/148556 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-5259
**DESCRIPTION:**Dojo dojox could allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw. By injecting other values, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite, or pollute, a JavaScript application object prototype of the base object.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177752 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For older versions, upgrade to latest fixpack 8.6.1.6 and then apply the PH60890 iFix. If you are using 8.6.1.6 directly apply the PH60890 iFix.

Recommended Fixes page for WebSphere eXtreme Scale

Workarounds and Mitigations

None