Security Bulletin: Steps to update DataQuant Workstation and DataQuant WebSphere plugins.

Summary

Query 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.

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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Please see “Workarounds.”

Workarounds and Mitigations

Steps for DataQuant Workstation:

1. Close DataQuant.
2. Navigate to the plugins directory present within DataQuant install directory.

Example: <DATAQUANT_HOME>/DataQuant For Workstation/plugins

3. Locate the folder - com.ibm.bi.reporter_2.1.7.20170216 in the above Directory. Take a backup & remove the directory along with contents from this location.
4. Download the attached zip file & extract it to a temporary location.
5. Place the extracted folder in the directory <DATAQUANT_HOME>/DataQuant For Workstation/plugins.
6. Once replaced, launch DataQuant.

Steps for DataQuant WebSphere:

1. On a deployed product instance, stop the DataQuant WebSphere application.
2. Locate the plugin folder - com.ibm.bi.reporter_2.1.7.20170216. Take a backup and remove it from the plugins directory.

Standard location → <IBM_WebSphere>\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\installedApps\ams-vm-qmf11Node01Cell\DataQuant for WebSphere 2.1.ear\DataQuantWebSphere21.war\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\

3. Download the attached zip file & extract it to a temporary location.
4. Place the extracted folder in the directory → <IBM_WebSphere>\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\installedApps\MyMachineNode01Cell\DataQuant for WebSphere 2.1.ear\DataQuantWebSphere21.war\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins\
5. Optionally, to copy files for WebSphere application server on windows using XCOPY command run step 6
6. Open command prompt with ‘Run As Administrator’ option and use the XCOPY command

For Example → Xcopy /E /I “<UserLocationForDownloadedZip>[com.ibm.bi](<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__com.ibm.bi_&d=DwMGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=Muu9r-tqkBOHdLkP3t8VJ-mWzmQeZ7YtWxSOE6dZ05c&m=Fhc7JD4lLfloLFDfeht-yJmNLoS7JmUlfEEYVy_kel4&s=4RphKqDYs3Zjp_lq33M---09mN4fYmDqlh67UhY7GbE&e=&gt;).reporter_2.1.8.20200927” “<IBM_WebSphere>\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\installedApps\MyMachineNode01Cell\DataQuant for WebSphere 2.1.ear\DataQuantWebSphere21.war\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins[com.ibm.bi](<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__com.ibm.bi_&d=DwMGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=Muu9r-tqkBOHdLkP3t8VJ-mWzmQeZ7YtWxSOE6dZ05c&m=Fhc7JD4lLfloLFDfeht-yJmNLoS7JmUlfEEYVy_kel4&s=4RphKqDYs3Zjp_lq33M---09mN4fYmDqlh67UhY7GbE&e=&gt;).reporter_2.1.8.20200927”

7. Start the DataQuant application within WebSphere.