CVE-2017-5534
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 · uneditedThe tibbr user profiles components of tibbr Community, and tibbr Enterprise expose a weakness in an improperly sandboxed third-party component. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc. tibbr Community 5.2.1 and below; 6.0.0; 6.0.1; 7.0.0, tibbr Enterprise 5.2.1 and below; 6.0.0; 6.0.1; 7.0.0.
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 confidenceThe tibbr user profiles component includes an improperly sandboxed third-party component, allowing potential cross-site scripting or data exfiltration attacks through the unsandboxed third-party content embedded in user profiles. This is a component vulnerability where the third-party content is not properly isolated from the main application.
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<= 5.2.1= 6.0.0= 6.0.1= 7.0.0CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 Tibbr installation and versionCheck for Tibbr installation directories (commonly under /opt/tibbr or similar), look for tibbr-related processes, or access the Tibbr admin interface to retrieve the software version.Affected if The installed Tibbr version is 5.2.1 or lower, or exactly 6.0.0, 6.0.1, or 7.0.0.
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Verify user profiles feature is enabledAccess Tibbr admin settings or configuration files to confirm that the user profiles component is active. Look for profile-related configuration in the Tibbr administrative console or configuration directory.Affected if User profiles are enabled and users can create or edit their profiles.
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Inspect third-party content embedding in profilesReview Tibbr profile templates or configuration to identify if and how third-party content (widgets, iframes, external scripts) can be embedded within user profile pages. Check the profile editing interface for available components.Affected if Third-party content or widgets can be added to user profiles without explicit sandboxing controls.
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Check sandboxing implementation for profile contentExamine the HTML output of user profile pages for iframe sandbox attributes, Content Security Policy (CSP) headers, or other isolation mechanisms applied to third-party content embedded in profiles.Affected if Third-party content in profiles lacks proper sandbox attributes (such as sandbox="allow-scripts" without appropriate restrictions) or CSP protections.
You are affected if Tibbr version falls within <= 5.2.1, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, or 7.0.0 AND user profiles with unsandboxed third-party content are present in your environment.
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 vendor patches or updates to tibbr, and ensure third-party components within user profiles are properly sandboxed using appropriate iframe sandbox attributes or content security policy controls.
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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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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