CVE-2017-1690 Cross-site scripting in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

What is CVE-2017-1690?

CVE-2017-1690 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published on 3 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.5 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 134065.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1690?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Ibm Rational Quality Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1690?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1690 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2017-1690 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1690 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

• CVE-2014-0862 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2017-1701 Weak cryptography in Rational Team Concert High 8.8
• CVE-2016-0326 Command injection in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2016-9707 XML external entity in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management High 8.1
• CVE-2015-7440 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.8

All Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-823v-hx46-hf68.