CVE-2017-1156: IBM WebSphere Portal

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using an open redirect attack. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof the URL displayed to redirect a user to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted. This could allow the attacker to obtain highly sensitive information or conduct further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force. ID: 122592

Affected products

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

Published 2017-05-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.