Infosphere Master Data Management
CVE-2023-46187
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.04%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management 11.6, 12.0, and 14.0 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
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RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management 11.6, 12.0, and 14.0 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. Affected products include: Ibm Infosphere Master Data Management.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management 11.6, 12.0, and 14.0 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2023-46187 presents moderate security risk, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 5.4. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: implement CSP headers, enable HttpOnly cookies, deploy WAF XSS rules.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition 10.x before 10.1-FP11 and 11.x before 11.0-FP5 and InfoSph
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition 11.5 could allow an unauthorized user to download reports
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the GDS component in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collabor
SQL injection vulnerability in the GDS component in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition 10.x a
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the GDS component in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative E
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition 10.x before 10.1-FP11 and 11.x before 11.0-FP5 and InfoSph
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaboration Server 11.4, 11.5, and 11.6 could allow an authenticated user with C
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition 9.1, 10.1, 11.0 before 11.0.0.0 IF11, 11.3 before 11.3.0.0
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaborative Edition 9.1, 10.1, 11.0, 11.3, and 11.4 before FP03 allows remote au
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaborative Edition 9.1, 10.1, 11.0, 11.3, and 11.4 before FP03 allows remote au
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaborative Edition 9.1, 10.1, 11.0,
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaborative Edition 9.1, 10.1, 11.0, 11.3, and 11.4 before FP03 allows remote au
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