CVE-2024-45073Network attack vector

Credential disclosure via stored console script injection

Published Sep 30, 2024 · Updated Oct 1, 2024

Stored cross-site scripting in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 allows remote authenticated users to expose session credentials. The administrative console stores privileged-user-supplied JavaScript in the Web UI without neutralizing it before later browser execution. Exploitation requires privileged console access and a trusted-session user to load the affected content, enabling credential disclosure and UI alteration.

CVSS severity4.8
Medium
EPSS probability0.25%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stored cross-site scripting in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 allows remote authenticated users to expose session credentials. The administrative console stores privileged-user-supplied JavaScript in the Web UI without neutralizing it before later browser execution. Exploitation requires privileged console access and a trusted-session user to load the affected content, enabling credential disclosure and UI alteration.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-45073
Published
Sep 30, 2024
Updated
Oct 1, 2024
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM WebSphere Application Server
Classifications
CWE-79, T1059.007
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 30, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=8.5, 9.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

IBM · IBM WebSphere Application Serverversion=8.5, 9.0

Published CVSS scores

4.8IBMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1059.007Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

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