How to fix CVE-2024-54179?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Is Business Automation Workflow affected by CVE-2024-54179?

CVE-2024-54179 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.

CVE-2024-54179

MEDIUM

2025-03-03 [email protected]

5.4

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:29 vuln.today

CVE Published

Mar 03, 2025 - 14:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.4

Description

IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service Bus 24.0.0, 24.0.1 and earlier unsupported versions are vulnerable to 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.

Analysis

IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service Bus 24.0.0, 24.0.1 and earlier unsupported versions are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical Context

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 Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service Bus 24.0.0, 24.0.1 and earlier unsupported versions are vulnerable to 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. Affected products include: Ibm Business Automation Workflow.

Affected Products

Ibm Business Automation Workflow.

Remediation

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.

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +0.1

CVSS: +27

POC: 0

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