CVE-2017-1748: IBM Connections

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Connections 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 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: 135521.

Affected products

• IBM Connections: version 5.0.0.0 only; version 5.5.0.0 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2018-06-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.