CVE-2017-1120: IBM WebSphere Portal

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 and 9.0 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 Reference #: 2000152.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Portal: version 8.5 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2017-03-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.