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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2007-4592

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web interface for IBM Rational ClearQuest before 2003.06.16 Patch 2008A, 7.0.0.2_iFix01, and 7.0.1.1_iFix01 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) contextid,…

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 4.50%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web interface for IBM Rational ClearQuest before 2003.06.16 Patch 2008A, 7.0.0.2_iFix01, and 7.0.1.1_iFix01 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) contextid, (2) username, (3) userNameVal, and (4) schema parameters to the login component.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
4.50% probability · 91th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 March 2008
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
ibm/rational clearquest
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 4.50%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 4.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-31438source ↗IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.0 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiesjava · sasquatchwebapps19 March 2008yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.