CVE-2004-1621
NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes R6 and Domino R6, and…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes R6 and Domino R6, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via square brackets at the beginning and end of (1) computed for display, (2) computed when composed, or (3) computed text element fields. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, saying that it is not a problem with Notes/Domino itself, but with the applications that do not properly handle this feature
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- IBM Lotus Domino 6.x - Cross-Site Scripting / HTML Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24690webapps, unixpublished 18 Oct 2004Verified
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- VU#404382 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- lotus-notes-xss(17758) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20041021 Re: IBM Lotus Notes/Domino fails to encode Square Brackets ( [ ] ) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 12891 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 11458 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20041018 IBM Lotus Notes/Domino fails to encode Square Brackets ( [ ] ) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1011779 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21187833 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-1615 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-1621)Record last updated .