What is CVE-2017-1203?

CVE-2017-1203 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Family, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-1203?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in IBM Bigfix Family

CVE-2017-1203

IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (for Lifecycle/Power/Patch) Platform and Applications is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 123678.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Family — versions 9.5, 9.1, 9.2
IBM Bigfix Platform — versions 9.1, 9.1.3, 9.1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123678 (VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99916 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1203?: CVE-2017-1203 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Family, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-1203?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.