Tivoli Federated Identity Manager
CVE-2017-1320
MEDIUM
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 5.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.26%. |
| 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
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. 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. IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2 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: 125732. Affected products include: Ibm Tivoli Federated Identity Manager.
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2 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: 125732.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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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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Open redirect vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.1.1 before IF 15, 6.2.0 before IF 14, 6.2.
An XML parsing vulnerability affects IBM SAML-based single sign-on (SSO) systems (IBM Security Access Manager 9.0.0 - 9.
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) and Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway (TFIMBG) 6.1.1, 6.2.
The Java servlets in the management console in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) through 6.2.2 and Tivoli Fed
Open redirect vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.0 before 6.2.0-TIV-TFIM-IF0015, 6.2.1 be
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.0 before 6.2.0.11, 6.2.1 before 6.2.1.3, and 6.2.2 before 6.2.2.2 and T
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.0 before FP17, 6
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.0 before 6.2.0.12, 6.2.1 be
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) before 6.1.1.14, 6.2.0 before 6.2.0.12, and 6.2.1 before 6.2.1.4 allows con
The Risk Based Access functionality in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.2 before FP9 and Tivoli Federate
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