Severity: Medium

Description: The text object in SAS Visual Analytics contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that enables JavaScript to be embedded in a certain property. 

Potential Impact: Users might unknowingly execute malicious code.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Visual Analytics (on SAS Viya)	Cloud Foundry	8.5	2020.1.5	Viya	Viya
		Linux for x64	8.5	2020.1.5	Viya	Viya
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	8.5	2020.1.5	Viya	Viya

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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Viya on Windows: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Windows Deployment Guide at

http://documentation.sas.com/?softwareId=administration&softwareVersion=3.5&softwareContextId=softwareUpdatesWin

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Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux Deployment Guide at

http://documentation.sas.com/?softwareId=administration&softwareVersion=3.5&softwareContextId=softwareUpdates

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The text object in SAS Visual Analytics contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that enables JavaScript to be embedded in a certain property.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2021-05-25 10:46:54
Date Created:	2021-03-25 20:22:15