Security Bulletin: The IBM® Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing is vulnerable to CVE-2023-45188

Summary

IBM® Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing is vulnerable to CVE-2023-45188(Malicious File Upload). Remediations/Fixes section of this bulletin provide instructions on how to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45188
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by the improper validation of file extensions. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload a malicious file, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268751 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

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7.0.3

7.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

CVE-2023-45188 may affect IBM® Engineering Lifecycle Engineering products mentioned above.
If the Product is deployed on one of the above versions, please follow the instruction given below.

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing 7.0.3 fixed in iFix003
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing 7.0.2 fixed in iFix029

Workarounds and Mitigations

Issue is fixed in Latest iFix

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing 7.0.3 fixed in iFix003
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing 7.0.2 fixed in iFix029