Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager
CVE-2025-23227
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 6.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.09%. |
| 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 Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0.0 through 7.3.0.11 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
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 Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0.0 through 7.3.0.11 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows authenticated 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 Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager. Version information: through 7.3.0.11.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0.0 through 7.3.0.11 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows authenticated 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
Organizations using IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0.0 through 7.3.0.11 should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-23227, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 6.4. 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.
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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
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XMLscanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0, as used in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in IBM Java 5
The BIRT viewer in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) 7.2.1.x before 7.2.1.5 allows remote auth
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.2.2 and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary fil
The SSL configuration in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) 7.2.x before 7.2.1.4 supports the M
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.2.2 and 7.3 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Rated medium se
Directory traversal vulnerability in BIRT-viewer in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) 7.2.0.0
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.2.2 and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to read system files or
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) 7.2.1.0 through
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Data Management Portal Web User Interface in IBM Tivoli Application Depe
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Welcome.do in the Data Management Portal Web User Interface in IBM Tivoli Ap
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) 7.2.0.0 through 7.2.0.10, 7.2.1.0 through 7.2.1.6, and 7.2.2
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