Security Bulletin: IBM OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is Vulnerable to jQuery cross-site scripting (CVE-2020-11022, CVE-2020-11023)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in the jQuery OpenSource library used by IBM OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. This vulnerability has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-11022
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the jQuery.htmlPrefilter 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/181349 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-2020-11023
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the option elements. 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/181350 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

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

If you are using IBM OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 8.203.x, 8.204.x , 8.300.x , 8.301.x and 8.302.x you will need to upgrade to

1. IBM Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.7or later** **

2. IBM OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 9.000.0or later** **

Upgrade installation instructions are provided at the URL listed below:

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x?topic=openpages-upgrading&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None