Sterling Partner Engagement Manager
CVE-2023-23480
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1, 6.2, and 6.2.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1, 6.2, and 6.2.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users 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: 245885. Affected products include: Ibm Sterling Partner Engagement Manager.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1, 6.2, and 6.2.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users 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: 245885.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1, 6.2, and 6.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1.0, 6.2.0, 6.2.2 JWT secret is stored in public Helm Charts and is not stored
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1.2, 6.2.0, and 6.2.2 could allow a remote user to perform unauthorized action
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1, 6.2, and Cloud 22.2 do not limit the length of a connection which could cau
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processi
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 2.0 does not invalidate session after logout which could allow an authenticated
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1.2, 6.2.0, and 6.2.2 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. Rated medi
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 6.1, 6.2, and 6.2.1 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. Rated medium s
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager versions 6.2.3.0 through 6.2.3.5 and 6.2.4.0 through 6.2.4.2 contain an informat
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager versions 6.2.3.0 through 6.2.3.5 and 6.2.4.0 through 6.2.4.2 contain an authenti
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