Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Rational Requirements Composer 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix2 and 4.x before 4.0.6, and Rational D
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Rational Requirements Composer 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix2 and 4.x before 4.0.6, and Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.x before 4.0.6, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
- Published
- Mar 4, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 59th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
14
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 14 / 40 · 3.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | rational doors next generation | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_doors_next_generation |
| ibm | rational requirements composer | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_requirements_composer |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm rational doors next generation4.0.0
- ibm rational doors next generation4.0.1
- ibm rational doors next generation4.0.2
- ibm rational doors next generation4.0.3
- ibm rational doors next generation4.0.4
- ibm rational doors next generation4.0.5
- ibm rational requirements composer3.0.1
- ibm rational requirements composer3.0.1.1
- ibm rational requirements composer3.0.1.2
- ibm rational requirements composer3.0.1.3
- ibm rational requirements composer3.0.1.4
- ibm rational requirements composer3.0.1.5
- ibm rational requirements composer3.0.1.6
- ibm rational requirements composer4.0.0
- ibm rational requirements composer4.0.0.1
- ibm rational requirements composer4.0.0.2
- ibm rational requirements composer4.0.1
- ibm rational requirements composer4.0.2
- ibm rational requirements composer4.0.3
- ibm rational requirements composer4.0.4
Same product
ibm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2018-1912IBM DOORS Next Generation (DNG/RRC) 6.0.2 through 6.0.6 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.21Monitor
- CVE-2018-1911IBM DOORS Next Generation (DNG/RRC) 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.6 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.21Monitor
- CVE-2018-1610IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.6 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting.21Monitor
- CVE-2018-1394Multiple IBM Rational products are vulnerable to cross-site scripting.21Monitor
- CVE-2017-1753Multiple IBM Rational products are vulnerable to HTML injection.21Monitor
- CVE-2018-1422IBM Jazz Foundation products (IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.5) are vulnerable to cross-site scrip21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21664412
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/65917
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90720
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.