# CVE-2016-6037: Cross-site scripting in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

> Remote attackers with admin privileges can inject malicious HTML into projects, executing code in victims' browsers within the site's security context.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mmwp-mp76-6x74

## What is CVE-2016-6037?

CVE-2016-6037 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Rational Quality Manager, published on 10 May 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker with project administrator privileges could send a project that contains malicious HTML code, which when the project is viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 116918.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6037?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Rational Quality Manager, Ibm Rational Team Concert.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-6037?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6037 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-6037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Rational Quality Manager

- [CVE-2017-1103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1103/): XML external entity in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2017-1738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1738/): Privilege escalation in Rational Quality Manager (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2019-4602](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4602/): Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2018-1759](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1759/): Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2018-1763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1763/): Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6037 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-6037 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Rational Quality Manager, published on 10 May 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Rational Quality Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6037/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6037/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6037
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6037
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6037

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