What is CVE-2017-1218?

CVE-2017-1218 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Family, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-1218?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in IBM Bigfix Family

CVE-2017-1218

IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 123858.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Family — versions 9.5, 9.2
IBM Bigfix Platform — versions 9.2.6, 9.2.7, 9.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99916 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101571 (vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123858 (VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1218?: CVE-2017-1218 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Family, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-1218?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.