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TITLE:
IBM WebSphere Portal "SemanticTagService.js" Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42245

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42245/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=42245

RELEASE DATE:
2010-11-17

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM WebSphere Portal, which can
be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Certain input passed to an unspecified parameter in the
SemanticTagService.js script is not properly sanitised before being
returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML
and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected
site.

The vulnerability is reported in version 6.1.0.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply APAR PK91972.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM (PK91972):
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK91972

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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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