CVE-2017-1552 (GCVE-0-2017-1552)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-01 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:39
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Summary
IBM Infosphere BigInsights 4.2.0 and 4.2.5 is vulnerable to link injection. By persuading a victim to click on a specially-crafted URL link, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 131396.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Gain Access
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM BigInsights Affected: 4.2.0
Affected: 4.2.5
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Date Public
2017-10-25 00:00
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