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CVE-2017-1561: IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0...

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: 131760.

MediumCVSS 5.4Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Plain-English summary

This is a cross-site scripting issue in IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management. An authenticated user could inject JavaScript into the web UI, potentially changing trusted-session behavior and exposing credentials. Business risk is moderate because exploitation requires a logged-in user and user interaction.

Executive priority

Treat as a moderate-priority remediation item for legacy IBM engineering lifecycle systems. Escalate if the application is internet-facing, used by many partners, or stores sensitive project, test, or credential-bearing data.

Technical view

Affected versions are IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.5. The CVSS 3.0 score is 5.4, network-accessible, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, with changed scope and limited confidentiality/integrity impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is most likely in organizations still running the listed IBM Rational Quality Manager or CLM versions with web UI access available to internal users or partners.

Exploitation context

The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. CVSS marks exploit maturity as unproven. Abuse would require authenticated access and user interaction.

Researcher notes

The source bundle identifies XSS and credential disclosure risk but does not provide a CWE, patch version, or detailed affected component. Avoid assuming exploitability beyond authenticated UI injection with user interaction. Validate against IBM’s advisory before closing exposure.

Mitigation direction

  • Inventory IBM Rational Quality Manager and CLM instances and confirm affected versions.
  • Review IBM advisory and X-Force entry for official remediation for your installed release.
  • Restrict web UI access to trusted users until remediation is confirmed.
  • Prioritize upgrades or vendor-supported fixes for exposed or broadly accessible deployments.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm product name and version against the affected version list.
  • Check whether the IBM advisory remediation has been applied.
  • Review access logs for unusual authenticated web UI activity around user-editable content.
  • Verify web UI access is limited to expected users and network locations.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
4

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
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:U/RC:C/RL:O

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
3Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
5.4CVSS 3.0MediumCVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O2.32.7Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.0 score

5.4Medium
CVSS 3.0 vector shape for CVE-2017-1561Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
IBMRational Quality Manager5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5Listed
IBMRational Collaborative Lifecycle Management5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5Listed
Weakness

CWE details

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