FKIE_CVE-2025-12635

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-08 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:32
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 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
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7254078Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm websphere_application_server *
ibm websphere_application_server *
ibm websphere_application_server *
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