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Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames

CVE-2021-39038

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.2 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 213968.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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  • NONE

CWE-1021 - Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames

The web application does not restrict or incorrectly restricts frame objects or UI layers that belong to another application or domain, which can lead to user confusion about which interface the user is interacting with.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published