CVE-2025-12635 (GCVE-0-2025-12635)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-08 21:58 – Updated: 2025-12-09 16:05
VLAI
Title
IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty 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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7254078 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Affected: 9.0 , ≤ 2.0.18 (semver)
Affected: 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 Affected: 17.0.0.3 , ≤ 25.0.0.12 (semver)
    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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