An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affects IBM API Connect Developer Portal. IBM has addressed this vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2017-1161**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM API Connect could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of URLs for the Developer Portal. By crafting a malicious URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the www-data user.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122956> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
IBM API Connect V5.0
Product
| VRMF|APAR|Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM API Connect| 5.0.x| LI79401| V5.0.6.0
Workarounds: None
Mitigations: None