CVE-2017-1424
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 Business Process Manager 8.5.7 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: 127477.
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 · high confidenceIBM Business Process Manager 8.5.7 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its Web UI. Attackers can inject arbitrary JavaScript code that executes in the browsers of other users viewing the affected content, potentially enabling session hijacking and credentials theft within trusted sessions.
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= 8.5.7.0CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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Confirm IBM Business Process Manager is installedLocate the IBM BPM installation directory and identify the product installation. Common paths include /opt/IBM/BPM or C:\IBM\BPM on Windows. Check for the presence of BPM installation directories and the typical IBM BPM folder structure.Affected if IBM Business Process Manager software is present on the system
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Identify the installed BPM versionCheck the version file in the BPM installation directory. Navigate to the product's version information file, typically found in the installation_root\properties\version\ directory, or use the BPMVersion command-line tool if available in the installation bin folder.Affected if The installed version is exactly 8.5.7.0 (the only affected version per this CVE)
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Verify the Web UI component is enabledAccess the IBM BPM Web UI by navigating to the hosted URL or checking configuration files in the deployment manager and node agent profiles. Look for Web UI configuration in the 100Custom.xml or similar configuration files under the profile configuration directory.Affected if The Web UI component is accessible and users can interact with it
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Inspect Web UI for user-controllable input fieldsLog into the IBM BPM Web UI as a standard user and examine forms, comment fields, or content entry areas where data can be submitted and stored. Identify fields that accept user input and are rendered back to other users.Affected if There are input fields in the Web UI that accept and display user-supplied content to other users
Your environment is affected if IBM Business Process Manager version 8.5.7.0 is installed AND the Web UI component is enabled with user input fields that render content 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's security patch for CVE-2017-1424. Implement input validation and output encoding on user-supplied content, and consider Content Security Policy headers to mitigate XSS execution.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-1424 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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