CVE-2017-1242

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 55.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-07-06 14:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 01:46Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-30

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4f654043ca6d54ed7440eb358b0df7737f351ac74b5e13d4c47d9daf4b617e9e

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-rqm-cve20171242-html-injection(124524)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124524vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716201x_refsource_CONFIRM