CVE-2020-4740 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

52%

Complexity

21%

Confidentiality

45%

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.5 and 11.7 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 188150.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.2. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

IBM InfoSphere Information Server

First reported 4 years ago

2020-10-12 14:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-10-13 19:22:00

Affected Software

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.5

11.5

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7

11.7

References

ibm-infosphere-cve20204740-html-injection (188150)

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6346920

ibm-infosphere-cve20204740-html-injection (188150)

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6346920

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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