XSS in IBM Inotes

CVE-2017-1659

"HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials."

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-1659: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • IBM Inotes
  • "Hcl Inotes" — versions "Releases previous to version 9.0.1 FP10 are impacted by this vulnerability. Versions 10 and above are not impacted."

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1659?
CVE-2017-1659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Inotes, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-1659?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.