CVE-2024-51475
📋 TL;DR
IBM Content Navigator versions 3.0.11, 3.0.15, and 3.1.0 are vulnerable to HTML injection, allowing attackers to inject malicious HTML that executes in victims' browsers within the site's security context. This affects organizations using these specific versions of IBM's document management software.
💻 Affected Systems
- IBM Content Navigator
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal session cookies, redirect users to malicious sites, perform actions on behalf of authenticated users, or deliver malware through the trusted application context.
Likely Case
Attackers would typically use this for session hijacking, phishing attacks within the application, or defacing content pages.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, the impact is limited to minor content manipulation without security context compromise.
🎯 Exploit Status
HTML injection typically requires user interaction (viewing malicious content) but is technically simple to execute.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Apply interim fix or upgrade to version 3.1.1
Vendor Advisory: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7233695
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Review IBM advisory 7233695
2. Apply the interim fix provided by IBM
3. Restart the IBM Content Navigator application
4. Consider upgrading to version 3.1.1 or later
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Enhancement
allImplement additional input validation to sanitize HTML content before processing
Content Security Policy
allImplement strict Content Security Policy headers to limit script execution
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall rules to detect and block HTML injection attempts
- Restrict access to IBM Content Navigator to trusted networks only
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check IBM Content Navigator version against affected versions (3.0.11, 3.0.15, 3.1.0)Check Version:
Check version in IBM Content Navigator administration console or application propertiesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is updated to 3.1.1 or later, or confirm interim fix from IBM advisory is applied📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual HTML content in user inputs
- Multiple failed input validation attempts
- Unexpected content modifications
Network Indicators:
- HTML/script patterns in POST requests to content endpoints
- Unusual redirect patterns
SIEM Query:
source="ibm_content_navigator" AND (message="*<script>*" OR message="*javascript:*" OR message="*onload=*")