PT-2022-8654 · Microstrategy · Microstrategy Web Sdk

Published 2022-05-12 · Updated 2022-05-23 · CVE-2020-22986

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MicroStrategy Web SDK versions 10.11 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via the searchString parameter to the wikiScrapper task. This is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue.

Recommendations For MicroStrategy Web SDK versions 10.11 and earlier, avoid using the searchString parameter in the wikiScrapper task until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wikiScrapper task to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-22986

Affected Products

Microstrategy Web Sdk

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22986 · Security Note
• https://microstrategy.com/us/report-a-security-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-22986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tinyurl.com · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/42561 · Telegram Post
• http://yourcompany.com:8080/MicroStrategy/servlet/taskProc · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/30145 · Telegram Post
• https://medium.com/%40win3zz/simple-story-of-some-complicated-xss-on-facebook-8a9c0d80969d · Note
• http://microstrategy.com · Note