Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a medium-severity 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 exposing credentials or altering behavior inside another user's trusted session.
Executive priority
Treat as a practical cleanup item for legacy IBM lifecycle tooling. It is not marked as actively exploited, but credential exposure inside trusted sessions can affect sensitive engineering and quality-management workflows.
Technical view
CVE-2017-1306 affects IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.5. CVSS 3.0 is 5.4: network-accessible, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, changed scope, and low confidentiality and integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations still running the affected IBM RQM or CLM versions, especially where the web UI is reachable by many authenticated users or externally accessible partners.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. The CVSS vector includes high exploit maturity, but exploitation still requires authenticated access and user interaction.
Researcher notes
Evidence identifies stored or reflected web UI JavaScript risk but does not provide affected endpoints, fixed versions, or detailed remediation steps in the bundle. Avoid assuming product versions beyond the listed RQM and CLM ranges.
Mitigation direction
- Identify affected IBM RQM and CLM deployments and versions.
- Follow IBM X-Force or vendor advisory guidance for official fixes.
- Restrict web UI access to trusted users until remediation is complete.
- Review user-generated content handling and administrative permissions.
Validation and detection
- Inventory IBM RQM and CLM versions against the affected version list.
- Confirm remediation status using IBM advisory or X-Force guidance.
- Review web UI fields that accept user-supplied content.
- Check logs for suspicious script-like content in editable fields.
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
- ibm-rqm-cve20171306-xss(125460)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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CWE details
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