Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-1503

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 Server4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
IBM/IBM WebSphere Application Serverv5
Range: 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101234nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039521nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/129578nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory

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