CVE-2017-1552
IBM Infosphere BigInsights 4.2.0 and 4.2.5 is vulnerable to link injection. By persuading a...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-1552- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-1552- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-10568 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-10568- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8h8w-wc8p-r389
IBM Infosphere BigInsights 4.2.0 and 4.2.5 is vulnerable to link injection. By persuading a...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8h8w-wc8p-r389- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-1552 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Ibm Biginsights, published November 1, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.