RCE in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
CVE-2017-1242
IBM Quality Manager (RQM) 5.0.x and 6.0 through 6.0.5 are vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 124524.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (56.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
- IBM Rational Quality Manager — versions 6.0.2, 5.0.x, 6.0.4
- IBM Rational Quality Manager
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124524 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-1242?
- CVE-2017-1242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-07-06.
- How severe is CVE-2017-1242?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.