Cross-site scripting in IBM Corporation products - CVE-2017-1653
Published: January 30, 2018 / Updated: February 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10341
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1653
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation
IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager
IBM Rational Rhapsody Design Manager
IBM Rational Software Architect Design Manager
IBM Rational Quality Manager
IBM Rational Team Concert
IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation
IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager
IBM Rational Rhapsody Design Manager
IBM Rational Software Architect Design Manager
IBM Rational Quality Manager
IBM Rational Team Concert
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1653
Update to version 6.0.4 iFix6 or later.