CVE-2017-1503

6.1 mediumEPSS 1.7%

Medium (6.1) in ibm websphere application server. EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted URL to cause the server to return a split response, once the URL is clicked. This would allow the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning, cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 129578.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.1 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-10-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:websphere_application_server

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006815
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101234
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039521
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/129578
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006815

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