Security Bulletin: IBM Aspera Orchestrator affected by usage of vulnerable software (CVE-2020-27511, CVE-2022-31160, CVE-2021-41184, CVE-2021-41182, CVE-2021-41183, CVE-2018-20677, CVE-2018-20676, CVE-2018-14040, CVE-2016-10735, CVE-2019-8331)

Summary

IBM Aspera Orchestrator has addressed multiple vulnerabilities related to the use of vulnerable software (jQuery and Bootstrap) that could allow denial of service and cross-site scripting attacks.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-27511
**DESCRIPTION:**Prototype is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDOS) flaw in the stripTags and unescapeHTML components. By using a specially-crafted HTML tags, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/204290 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-31160
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the check-box-radio widget. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/231462 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-41184
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery jQuery-UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the .position() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the of parameter 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212277 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-41182
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery jQuery-UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Datepicker widget. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the altField parameter 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212274 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-41183
**DESCRIPTION:**jQuery jQuery-UI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Datepicker widget. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the Text parameter 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: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212276 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2018-20677
**DESCRIPTION:**Bootstrap is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the affix configuration target property. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. 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/155337 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-2018-20676
**DESCRIPTION:**Bootstrap is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the tooltip data-viewport attribute. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. 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/155338 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-2018-14040
**DESCRIPTION:**Bootstrap is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the collapse data-parent attribute. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. 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/146468 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-2016-10735
**DESCRIPTION:**Bootstrap is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the data-target attribute. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. 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/155339 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-2019-8331
**DESCRIPTION:**Bootstrap is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the tooltip or popover data-template. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. 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/157409 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 applying the below fix as soon as possible:

Workarounds and Mitigations

None