CVE-2017-1189: IBM WebSphere Portal

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager 6.1, 7.0, and 8.0 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 X-Force ID: 123558.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Portal: version 6.1.0.0 only; version 6.1.0.1 only; version 6.1.0.2 only; version 6.1.0.3 only; version 6.1.0.4 only; version 6.1.0.5 only; …

Published 2017-09-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.