What is CVE-2017-1423?

CVE-2017-1423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Portal, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-1423?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Websphere Portal

CVE-2017-1423

IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 and 9.0 exposes backend server URLs that are configured for usage by the Web Application Bridge component. IBM X-Force ID: 127476.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.1% 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 Websphere Portal — versions 9.0, 8.5
IBM Websphere Portal — versions 8.5.0.0, 9.0.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040017 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127476 (VDB Entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1423?: CVE-2017-1423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Portal, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-1423?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.