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CVE-2014-8902: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog Portlet in IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog Portlet in IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF29, 8.0.0 through 8.0.0.1 CF14, and 8.5.0 before CF04 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

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This is a cross-site scripting issue in IBM WebSphere Portal's Blog Portlet. A remote attacker could use a crafted URL to inject script or HTML into affected portal pages. Business risk depends on whether the vulnerable Blog Portlet is deployed and reachable. Likely exposure is limited to organizations still running the listed IBM WebSphere Portal versions and using or exposing the Blog Portlet. Internet-facing portals raise concern, but the source bundle does not prove broad exposure. Treat this as a moderate-priority legacy portal risk. It is not listed as known exploited, but exposed enterprise portals can turn XSS into session, trust, or content-integrity incidents. Mitigation focus: Check IBM advisory and APAR PI29956 for the exact supported fix path.; Upgrade affected WebSphere Portal instances beyond the vulnerable cumulative fix levels.; Disable or restrict access to the Blog Portlet until vendor guidance is applied..

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