Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2017-1250 is a cross-site scripting issue in IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management. An authenticated user could place JavaScript into the web interface, potentially affecting another trusted session and exposing credentials. Business urgency is moderate and depends on whether these older IBM tools remain in use and reachable.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate-priority exposure cleanup for legacy IBM engineering platforms. Prioritize faster if the affected Web UI is externally reachable, has many contributors, or stores sensitive project data. No active exploitation evidence is provided in the source bundle.
Technical view
The supplied CVSS v3.0 vector is 5.4 with network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges, required user interaction, changed scope, and low confidentiality and integrity impact. IBM describes arbitrary JavaScript embedding in the Web UI for listed 5.0.x and 6.0.x releases. The bundle does not identify a CWE or fixed version details.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in organizations still running IBM Rational Quality Manager or IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management versions 5.0 through 5.0.2 or 6.0 through 6.0.5. Risk increases when the Web UI is accessible to broad internal users or external networks.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cite active exploitation. The issue requires a user context and user interaction, but stored or trusted-session XSS can still matter where these tools hold project, testing, or lifecycle-management data.
Researcher notes
Key gaps: no CWE, no explicit fixed versions, and no exploit-status evidence beyond the CVSS temporal vector. Analysis should stay bounded to IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management versions listed in the bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Identify affected IBM Rational deployments and owners.
- Review IBM advisory and X-Force guidance for official remediation.
- Apply vendor-provided fixes or upgrades where available.
- Restrict Web UI access to trusted networks and authenticated users.
- Review role permissions that allow content entry in the Web UI.
- Monitor for suspicious script-like content in user-controlled fields.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployed product names and versions against the affected list.
- Confirm whether each Web UI is internet-facing or broadly reachable internally.
- Verify remediation status against IBM guidance, not assumptions.
- Review application audit logs for unusual content changes or credential-related complaints.
- Run approved vulnerability scanning after remediation.
- Document compensating controls for any system awaiting upgrade.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:R/E:H/RC:C/RL:O
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:R/E:H/RC:C/RL:O2.32.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:R/E:H/RC:C/RL:O
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-rqm-cve20171250-xss(124630)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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