Rational Quality Manager
CVE-2013-5404
LOW
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 3.5 (LOW). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.17%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search implementation in IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) 2.0 through 2.0.1.1, 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix 1, and 4.x before 4.0.5, as used in Rational. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search implementation in IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) 2.0 through 2.0.1.1, 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix 1, and 4.x before 4.0.5, as used in Rational Team Concert, Rational Requirements Composer, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an IFRAME element. Affected products include: Ibm Rational Quality Manager, Ibm Rational Requirements Composer, Ibm Rational Team Concert. Version information: through 2.0.1.1.
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search implementation in IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) 2.0 through 2.0.1.1, 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix 1, and 4.x before 4.0.5, as used in Rational Team Concert, Rational Requirements Composer, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an IFRAME element.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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