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CVE-2025-36396 (GCVE-0-2025-36396)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-20 15:22 – Updated: 2026-01-20 15:48

Title

Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Application Gateway

Summary

IBM Application Gateway 23.10 through 25.09 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.

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')

Assigner

ibm

References

URL

Tags

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7256857

vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	IBM	Application Gateway	Affected: 23.10 , ≤ 25.09 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:ibm:application_gateway:23.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:application_gateway:23.10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:application_gateway:25.09:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:application_gateway:25.09.0:::::::*

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FKIE_CVE-2025-36396

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-20 16:16 - Updated: 2026-01-20 16:16

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@us.ibm.com	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7256857

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-85H8-P3J2-7546

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-20 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-20 18:31

Details

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2025-36396 (GCVE-0-2025-36396)

FKIE_CVE-2025-36396

GHSA-85H8-P3J2-7546

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