CVE-2024-49337Network attack vector

Email script execution via unsanitized workflow fields

Published Feb 20, 2025 · Updated Aug 15, 2025

HTML injection in IBM OpenPages 8.3 and 9.0 allows remote authenticated users to run script in workflow emails viewed by recipients. Text fields from an OpenPages object are used to construct workflow notifications without properly neutralizing supplied HTML tags. Exploitation requires an authenticated user to control an object field and a recipient to view the resulting message, enabling phishing or identity theft.

CVSS severity5.4
Medium
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

HTML injection in IBM OpenPages 8.3 and 9.0 allows remote authenticated users to run script in workflow emails viewed by recipients. Text fields from an OpenPages object are used to construct workflow notifications without properly neutralizing supplied HTML tags. Exploitation requires an authenticated user to control an object field and a recipient to view the resulting message, enabling phishing or identity theft.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-49337
Published
Feb 20, 2025
Updated
Aug 15, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
OpenPages
Classifications
CWE-79, CWE-80, T1566
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=8.3
  2. Affected versionversion=9.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · OpenPagesversion=8.3; version=9.0

Published CVSS scores

5.4IBMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-80Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
T1566Phishing

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