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4 vulnerabilities found for WebSphere Application Server Liberty by IBM

CVE-2025-12635 (GCVE-0-2025-12635)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2025-12-08 21:58
Modified
2025-12-08 21:58
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.12 are affected by cross-site scripting due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specially crafted URL to redirect the user to a malicious site.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Version: 9.0   ≤ 2.0.18
Version: 8.5
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Version: 17.0.0.3   ≤ 25.0.0.12
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:25.0.0.12:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
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CVE-2025-36047 (GCVE-0-2025-36047)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2025-08-14 15:38
Modified
2025-11-03 19:54
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.2 through 25.0.0.8 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Version: 18.0.0.2   ≤ 25.0.0.8
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:18.0.0.2:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:25.0.0.8:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
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CVE-2025-12635 (GCVE-0-2025-12635)
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Published
2025-12-08 21:58
Modified
2025-12-08 21:58
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.12 are affected by cross-site scripting due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specially crafted URL to redirect the user to a malicious site.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Version: 9.0   ≤ 2.0.18
Version: 8.5
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Version: 17.0.0.3   ≤ 25.0.0.12
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:25.0.0.12:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
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CVE-2025-36047 (GCVE-0-2025-36047)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-14 15:38
Modified
2025-11-03 19:54
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.2 through 25.0.0.8 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Version: 18.0.0.2   ≤ 25.0.0.8
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:18.0.0.2:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:25.0.0.8:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
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