Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in EMC Documentum WebTop (CVE-2016-8213)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in EMC Documentum WebTop (CVE-2016-8213). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
EMC Documentum WebTop Version 6.8, prior to P18 and Version 6.8.1, prior to P06; and EMC Documentum TaskSpace version 6.7SP3, prior to P02; and EMC Documentum Capital Projects Version 1.9, prior to P30 and Version 1.10, prior to P17; and EMC Documentum Administrator Version 7.0, Version 7.1, and Version 7.2 prior to P18 contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-8213 has been found in EMC Documentum WebTop.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "EMC Documentum WebTop CVE-2016-8213" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-8213 (EMC Documentum WebTop) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in EMC Documentum WebTop.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of EMC Documentum WebTop.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで EMC Documentum WebTop を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- web securityfocus.com
- web securitytracker.com