Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a cross-site scripting issue in older IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management web interfaces. A user could place JavaScript into the UI, potentially changing trusted pages and exposing credentials during another user's session. It is medium severity, but relevant where these tools support regulated development, QA, or engineering workflows.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate-priority remediation for legacy IBM Rational environments. It is not described as actively exploited, but credential exposure inside trusted development or QA systems can affect sensitive projects and compliance evidence.
Technical view
CVE-2017-1690 affects IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM 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. The vector indicates network access, low attack complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, changed scope, and low confidentiality and integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in organizations still running affected IBM Rational RQM or CLM versions, including internal-only deployments. The source bundle does not identify cloud services, other IBM products, or newer versions as affected.
Exploitation context
The source bundle supports XSS risk and credential disclosure potential within a trusted session. It does not cite CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. The CVSS temporal data includes high exploit maturity, but that is not the same as observed exploitation.
Researcher notes
The bundle does not provide a CWE, proof of concept, exact affected endpoints, or fixed version details. Analysis should stay scoped to IBM RQM and CLM versions listed, the XSS description, X-Force ID 134065, and CVSS vector semantics.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory IBM RQM and CLM deployments and identify affected versions.
- Review IBM advisory and X-Force 134065 for official remediation guidance.
- Prioritize upgrading or patching systems on affected 5.0.x and 6.0.x builds.
- Restrict access to trusted users until remediation is complete.
- Review application security controls for stored or reflected script injection risks.
Validation and detection
- Confirm product name and version from administrative records or system inventory.
- Check whether deployments match affected RQM or CLM version ranges.
- Review IBM advisory status for the installed version and fix level.
- Test remediation in staging before production rollout.
- Monitor logs for suspicious UI content changes or credential-related anomalies.
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-cve20171690-xss(134065)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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