CVE-2017-1278
IBM DOORS Next Generation (DNG/RRC) 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote...
IBM DOORS Next Generation (DNG/RRC) 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 124756.
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 DOORS Next Generation (DNG/RRC) 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 124756.
- Record
CVE-2017-1278- 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
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM DOORS Next Generation (DNG/RRC) 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 124756.
- Record
CVE-2017-1278- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-10294 No score
IBM DOORS Next Generation (DNG/RRC) 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 124756.
- Record
EUVD-2017-10294- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6wjf-vgcw-w67w
IBM DOORS Next Generation (DNG/RRC) 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote...
IBM DOORS Next Generation (DNG/RRC) 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 124756.
- Record
GHSA-6wjf-vgcw-w67w- 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-2017-1278 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation, published June 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.