CVE-2017-1659 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

"HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials."

Published: 2020-07-01

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

"HCL iNotes"

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`"Releases previous to version 9.0.1 FP10 are impacted by this vulnerability. Versions 10 and above are not impacted."`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-10675	"HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00666.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0080512

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Inotes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2020-07-01T13:45:17.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:39:31.561Z

Reserved: 2016-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1659

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-01T14:15:13.747

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:14:39.593

Link: CVE-2017-1659

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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