Cross-site scripting in IBM ClearQuest
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
IBM ClearQuest (CQ) 9.1 through 9.1.0.6 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 286833.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-28796
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x5f4-7cp5-vmcf
References
More IBM Rational Clearquest vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-00652 Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ole API in the CQOle ActiveX control in cqole.dll in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2010-04326 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.0.x before 7.0.1.11… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2007-04228 SQL injection vulnerability in /main in IBM Rational ClearQuest (CQ) Web 7.0.0.0-IFIX02… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2011-01216 SQL injection vulnerability in the Maintenance tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.1.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2007-04902 Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Rational ClearQuest (CQ), when a Microsoft SQL Server or… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2010-02416 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IBM Rational ClearQuest before 7.1.1.02 have… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-28796 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-28796 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x5f4-7cp5-vmcf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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