CVE-2018-5432
TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- tibco
Description
The TIBCO Administrator server component of of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition, and TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux contains multiple vulnerabilities wherein a malicious user could theoretically perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by way of manipulating artifacts prior to uploading them. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition: versions up to and including 5.10.0, and TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux: versions up to and including 5.9.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| tibcoCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.83% · top 42% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.0.
Weakness
- The impact of the vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility of a user performing operations using another user's access, including administrative functions being performed by a non-administrative user. The impact also theoretically includes access to all administrative information, including deployment variable settings ("global variables")
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
TIBCO Software Inc. · TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition
- affected unspecified – ≤ 5.10.0
TIBCO Software Inc. · TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux
- affected unspecified – ≤ 5.9.1
What to do
Solution: TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address these issues. For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions: TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition versions 5.10.0 and below update to version 5.10.1 or higher TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux versions 5.9.1 and below update to version 5.10.1 or higher
References (2)
- 104458 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2018/06/security-advisory-june-12-2018-tibco-administrator-enterprise-edition-2018-5432 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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