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FKIE_CVE-2025-36396

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-20 16:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:14

Severity

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

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.

References

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

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ibm	application_gateway	*

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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

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 · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-20 15:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

ibm mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7256857	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

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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