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.

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)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ibm Inotes
N/a "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)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@hcl.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

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.