Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2014-6173 is an authenticated cross-site scripting issue in IBM Business Process Manager’s Process Inspector. A logged-in user could use a crafted URL to make the application render attacker-controlled script or HTML. Business impact depends on who can access Process Inspector and what privileges their browser session carries. Exposure is most likely in organizations still running IBM BPM 8.0.x to 8.0.1.3 or 8.5.x to 8.5.5 with Process Inspector available to non-administrative or broadly trusted authenticated users. Treat this as a moderate-priority legacy platform risk. It is not marked as known exploited in the bundle, but affected IBM BPM environments may expose privileged workflow sessions to browser-based compromise if access is broad. Mitigation focus: Identify IBM BPM deployments and confirm whether affected versions are present.; Review IBM advisory and APAR JR50241 for vendor-approved fixes or upgrade guidance.; Restrict Process Inspector access to users with a clear operational need..
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- ibm-bpm-cve20146173-xss(98418)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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