Security Bulletin: Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities affect Rational Publishing Engine

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities with potential for cross-site scripting affecting Rational Publishing Engine.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1533 DESCRIPTION: IBM Publishing Engine is vulnerable to 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: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142431&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1534 DESCRIPTION: IBM Publishing Engine is vulnerable to 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: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142432&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

For Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6, upgrade to ifix001, which can be downloaded from:

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6 ifix001

For Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5, upgrade to ifix002, which can be downloaded from:

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5 ifix002

Workarounds and Mitigations

None