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CVE-2023-50938 (GCVE-0-2023-50938)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-02 01:14 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:23
VLAI
Title
IBM PowerSC clickjacking
Summary
IBM PowerSC 1.3, 2.0, and 2.1 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: 275128.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-02-05 16:15 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM PowerSC Affected: 1.3, 2.0, 2.1
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