CVE-2003-5003
Published: 28 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2003-5003 is a medium-severity Basic XSS (CWE-80) vulnerability in Ibm Iss Blackice Pc Protection. Its CVSS base score is 5.0 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 46.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2003-1598
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in ISS BlackICE PC Protection. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the Update Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely.…
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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.