CVE-2025-36048Network attack vector

Privilege escalation via overprivileged external-entity handling

Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 24, 2025

Privilege escalation in IBM webMethods Integration Server 10.5, 10.7, 10.11, and 10.15 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated access. External-entity handling executes with privileges beyond those required, but IBM has not identified the affected service, parser, or operation. Exploitation requires high-privilege network access and grants elevated access affecting data confidentiality, integrity, and service availability.

CVSS severity7.2
High
EPSS probability0.46%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in IBM webMethods Integration Server 10.5, 10.7, 10.11, and 10.15 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated access. External-entity handling executes with privileges beyond those required, but IBM has not identified the affected service, parser, or operation. Exploitation requires high-privilege network access and grants elevated access affecting data confidentiality, integrity, and service availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-36048
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Updated
Aug 24, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM webMethods Integration Server
Classifications
CWE-250, T1068
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.11
  2. Affected versionversion=10.15
  3. Affected versionversion=10.5
  4. Affected versionversion=10.7

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

IBM · IBM webMethods Integration Serverversion=10.11; version=10.15; version=10.5; version=10.7

Published CVSS scores

7.2IBM CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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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-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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