CVE-2017-1189

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Published 2017-09-07 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.1

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.1

Description

IBM WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager 6.1, 7.0, and 8.0 is 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: 123558.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

71%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.0`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.1`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.2`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.3`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.4`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.5`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.0.6`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.5.0`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.5.1`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.5.2`
ibm	websphere_portal	`6.1.5.3`
ibm	websphere_portal	`7.0.0.0`
ibm	websphere_portal	`7.0.0.1`
ibm	websphere_portal	`7.0.0.2`
ibm	websphere_portal	`8.0`
ibm	websphere_portal	`8.0.0.0`
ibm	websphere_portal	`8.0.0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.