Security Bulletin: IBM Aspera on Cloud was vulnerable to a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2021-38870)

Summary

IBM Aspera on Cloud was fixed to address the below cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-38870
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Aspera is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208343 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)

Aspera on Cloud

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)

Aspera on Cloud

• There is no action required by the customer as the fixed was deployed to the SaaS environment.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None