CVE-2017-1659 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HCL iNotes, formerly IBM iNotes. This flaw allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to the theft of a victim's cookie-based authentication credentials. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), resulting in low impact to confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.0.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.