# CVE-2017-1756: Information disclosure in Business Process Manager

> An attacker with local access can read sensitive web pages stored locally by IBM Business Process Manager, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:L/C:L/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Mar 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wcfm-jr3p-8gv3

## What is CVE-2017-1756?

CVE-2017-1756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Business Process Manager, published on 30 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Business Process Manager 8.6 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 135856.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1756?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Ibm Business Process Manager, Ibm Business Process Manager Enterprise Service Bus, Ibm Websphere.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-1756?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1756 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-1756 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1756 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Business Process Manager

- [CVE-2015-1961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1961/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2017-1769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1769/): Cross-site request forgery in Business Process Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1539](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1539/): Privilege escalation in Business Process Manager Advanced (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1527/): XML external entity in Business Process Manager Advanced (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-7441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7441/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-1756 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-1756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Business Process Manager, published on 30 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1756 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Business Process 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-2017-1756/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1756/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1756
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1756
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1756

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