CVE-2017-1256
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Security Guardium 10.0, 10.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 124678
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIBM Security Guardium versions 10.0 and 10.1 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI. Attackers can embed arbitrary JavaScript code into the interface, which executes in the context of trusted user sessions, potentially leading to credential theft or session hijacking.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 10.0= 10.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Guardium appliance versionLog into the Guardium CLI or admin console and locate the version information typically displayed on the main dashboard, in the system information section, or by running the version command from the CLI. This is usually visible upon login or in the About/System Info area of the Web UI.Affected if The installed version is exactly 10.0 or exactly 10.1
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Confirm Web UI is accessibleVerify that the Guardium Web UI (HTTPS interface) is enabled and reachable. This can be confirmed by attempting to access the login page via browser or by checking the web service status through the CLI.Affected if The Web UI is enabled and accessible to users or administrators
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Determine if untrusted input is accepted in Web UI fieldsIdentify which Web UI input fields accept user-supplied data (such as report names, custom queries, or configuration parameters). Stored XSS requires that malicious script be saved and subsequently rendered to other users.Affected if The Web UI accepts and stores user input without sanitization and displays it back to users in the interface
You are affected if your Guardium installation is version 10.0 or 10.1 and the Web UI is enabled and accessible, allowing untrusted input to be stored and displayed to other users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply IBM security patches for Guardium 10.0/10.1 or upgrade to a patched version. Implement input validation and output encoding for all user-supplied data in the Web UI.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-1256 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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