CVE-2017-1503

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0

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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101234
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039521
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/129578

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