Security Bulletin: Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities in jQuery might affect IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) - CVE-2020-7656, CVE-2020-11022, CVE-2020-11023

Summary

Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities in jQuery might affect Process Portal in IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-7656
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the load 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/182264 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)

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)

**Third Party Entry:**180875
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery cross-site scripting
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180875 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

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR JR62354 as soon as practical:

• IBM Business Automation Workflow (including fix for IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 2018.03)
• IBM Business Process Manager Advanced
• IBM Business Process Manager Standard
• IBM Business Process Manager Express

For IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0, V19.0, and V20.0
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR62354
--OR–
· Apply cumulative fix Business Automation Workflow V20.0.0.2 or later

For IBM Business Automation Workflow on Containers, see Readme for IBM Business Automation Workflow on Containers 20.0.0.1 IF001

For IBM Business Process Manager V8.6
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR62354
--OR–
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V20.0.0.2 or later

For IBM BPM V8.5
· Upgrade to IBM BPM V8.5.7, apply Cumulative Fix 2017.06 and then apply iFix JR62354
--OR–
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V20.0.0.2 or later

For IBM BPM V8.0
· Upgrade to IBM BPM V8.0.1, apply Fix Pack 3 and then apply iFix JR62354
--OR–
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V20.0.0.2 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None