Medium Cross-site scripting

CVE-2025-36172 — Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for 24.0.0-IF007, 24.0.1-IF005 and 25.0.0-IF002

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 25.0.0 through 25.0.0 Interim Fix 001, 24.0.1 through 24.0.1 Interim Fix 004, 24.0.0 through 24.0.0 Interim Fix 006, and earlier unsupported releases IBM Business Automation Workflow is vulnerable to stored 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.

Published Nov 3, 2025 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: ibm

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+1
Technical severity (medium)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.18%

ahead of 7% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Ibm

Cloud Pak For Business Automation

CVSS base

5.4

Medium · 3 source(s)

Prioritization reference: 6.4 provisional

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Ibm Cloud Pak For Business Automation).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (cross-site scripting), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Ibm	Cloud Pak For Business Automation	version 24.0.0version 24.0.0-interim_fix_001version 24.0.0-interim_fix_002version 24.0.0-interim_fix_003version 24.0.0-interim_fix_004version 24.0.0-interim_fix_005version 24.0.0-interim_fix_006version 24.0.1 and 5 more version 24.0.1-interim_fix_001version 24.0.1-interim_fix_002version 24.0.1-interim_fix_004version 25.0.0version 25.0.0-interim_fix_001	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Ibm	Cloud Pak For Business Automation	≥ 25.0.0 and ≤ 25.0.0 Interim Fix 001≥ 24.0.1 and ≤ 24.0.1 Interim Fix 004≥ 24.0.0 and ≤ 24.0.0 Interim Fix 006	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
6.4	CVSS 3.1	Medium	3.1	2.7	psirt@us.ibm.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
6.4	CVSS 3.1	Medium	—	—	ibm via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
5.4	CVSS 3.1	Medium	2.3	2.7	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Scoring entities (NIST, CNA, ADP) score independently; each score is shown with its origin. For prioritization we use 6.4 (psirt@us.ibm.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database) as a conservative provisional reference — not a definitive official score.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.18%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Monitor CSP violation reports and script payloads in reflected parameters.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSapplication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · ibm/cloud pak for business automation
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 5.4
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
2025
CVE published
Nov 3, 2025 · ibm

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

1 on the record

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7250047
Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, patch, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Ibm
every CVE for this vendor

Cross-site scripting
same class

CWE-79
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2025-36094 Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for January 2026. Feb 3, 2026
Medium CVE-2025-36436 Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for January 2026. Feb 2, 2026
Medium CVE-2025-36091 IBM Business Automation Insights unverified ownership Nov 3, 2025
Medium CVE-2025-36092 IBM Business Automation Insights improper input validation Nov 3, 2025
High CVE-2025-36093 security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Business Automation Insights iFixes for October 2025. Nov 3, 2025

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-36172 is "Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for 24.0.0-IF007, 24.0.1-IF005 and 25.0.0-IF002", rated Medium. It affects Cloud Pak For Business Automation (Ibm); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 5.4 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.18% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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