Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 500 Internal Server Error page on the SOAP port (8880/tcp) in IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 and earlier, 5.1.x before 5.1.1.12, and 6.0.2 up to 6.0.2.7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI, which is contained in a FAULTACTOR element on this page. NOTE: some sources have reported the element as "faultfactor," but this is likely erroneous.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- IBM Websphere 6.0 - 'Faultactor' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-28981 · remote · Nov 13, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- websphere-faultfactor-xss(30055) vdb-entry
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20061031-00727.pdf?lang=en
- PK16602 vendor-advisory
- PK26181 vendor-advisory
- 25371 vdb-entry
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012064
- 21018 vdb-entry
- PK22416 vendor-advisory
- 910 third-party-advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012163
- 20061106 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server mailing-list
- ADV-2006-1736 vdb-entry
- 20032 third-party-advisory
- 20060509 IBM Websphere Application Server Multiple Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 1017170 vdb-entry
- 20061107 Minimizing error cascades in vulnerability information management mailing-list