CVE-2024-40690 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-40690: IBM InfoSphere Server cross-site scripting

Vendor Ibm

Product InfoSphere Server

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published July 12, 2024

Last update August 2, 2024

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM InfoSphere Server 11.7 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 297720.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 12, 2024 CVE published

August 2, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40690 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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