CVE-2004-1621

IBM Lotus Domino R6 - Cross-Site Scripting via Square Bracket Delimiters in Computed Fields

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-1621. PoCs published by Juan C Calderon.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) and HTML injection vulnerability in Lotus Domino, where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized. It includes an example URI demonstrating the vulnerability but does not contain executable exploit code.

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

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Juan C Calderon · textwebappsunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24690

The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) and HTML injection vulnerability in Lotus Domino, where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized. It includes an example URI demonstrating the vulnerability but does not contain executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Lotus Domino
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A vulnerable version of Lotus Domino · Victim interaction to follow a malicious link
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404382
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17758
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109841682529328&w=2
Exploit, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/12891
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11458
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109812960023736&w=2
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011779
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21187833

Scores

EPSS 0.0308
EPSS Percentile 86.1%

Details

Status published
Products (8)
ibm/lotus_domino 6.0
ibm/lotus_domino 6.0.1
ibm/lotus_domino 6.0.2
ibm/lotus_domino 6.0.2_cf2
ibm/lotus_domino 6.0.3
ibm/lotus_domino 6.5.0
ibm/lotus_domino 6.5.1
ibm/lotus_domino 6.5.2
Published Oct 18, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026