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Spotfire Analytics Platform For AwsApplication · Tibco

CVE-2019-17337

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2019-12-17
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 7.11.7 or later.
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61/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The Spotfire library component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace and TIBCO Spotfire Server contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows an attacker to perform a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace: version 10.6.0 and TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 7.11.7 and below, versions 7.12.0, 7.13.0, 7.14.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, and 10.3.4, versions 10.4.0, 10.5.0, and 10.6.0.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Spotfire library component of TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace and TIBCO Spotfire Server. In reflected XSS attacks, malicious script payloads embedded in crafted URLs are reflected back to the user by the server without proper sanitization, allowing execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser session when they interact with the malicious link.

MitigationApply vendor-provided patches from TIBCO for the affected versions. As an interim measure, implement robust input validation and output encoding on server-side endpoints, and deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS execution.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Spotfire Analytics Platform For AwsApplication
Affected:= 10.6.0
Spotfire ServerApplication
Affected:<= 7.11.7= 7.12.0= 7.13.0= 7.14.0= 10.0.0= 10.0.1= 10.1.0= 10.2.0= 10.2.1= 10.3.0= 10.3.1= 10.3.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify TIBCO Spotfire Server version
    Access the TIBCO Spotfire Server administration console (typically at /spotfire/admin) and navigate to the Server Information or Diagnostics section to view the installed version. Alternatively, check the version file in the Spotfire installation directory or review the server startup logs.
    Affected if The displayed version matches any of these: <=7.11.7; =7.12.0; =7.13.0; =7.14.0; =10.0.0; =10.0.1; =10.1.0; =10.2.0; =10.2.1; =10.3.0; =10.3.1; =10.3.2; or for AWS Marketplace: =10.6.0
  2. Identify TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS version
    If using the AWS Marketplace deployment, check the Spotfire deployment configuration or the AWS CloudFormation stack outputs which typically display the Spotfire version. Access the Spotfire server directly and retrieve version information from the administration interface.
    Affected if The version is exactly 10.6.0 (the only affected AWS Marketplace version listed)
  3. Confirm the Spotfire library component is accessible
    Verify that the Spotfire web application is accessible by navigating to the Spotfire server URL (such as https://your-server/spotfire/). Attempt to access the library module specifically (typically at /spotfire/library) to confirm this component is exposed.
    Affected if The Spotfire library interface loads and is accessible to users without authentication restrictions, making the XSS vector possible
  4. Test for reflected XSS in library URLs
    Using a browser developer tool or a safe testing methodology, construct a test URL pointing to the Spotfire library endpoint with a benign test payload in the URL parameter (such as ?param=<script>alert('test')</script>). Submit the URL and observe whether the payload is reflected unescaped in the response page HTML.
    Affected if The submitted test payload appears literally in the page source without HTML encoding, indicating the vulnerability is present

A user is affected if they run any of the listed affected versions of TIBCO Spotfire Server or Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS and the Spotfire library component is accessible without proper input sanitization on URL parameters.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 7.11.7
Interim mitigation

Apply vendor-provided patches from TIBCO for the affected versions. As an interim measure, implement robust input validation and output encoding on server-side endpoints, and deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS execution.

Fix this in Spotfire Analytics Platform For Aws Scoped from the published advisory
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