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Sterling Secure Proxy EUVDEUVD-2026-78139

| CVE-2026-78415 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-09-14 ibm GHSA-4m7p-rm8x-7p4r
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: ibm
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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.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 15, 2026

Authenticated HTML injection in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.2.0.0 through 6.2.1.2 lets a logged-in user plant unescaped markup in the management interface, so the product renders attacker-controlled content as trusted UI. The result is UI spoofing and phishing: a crafted page can impersonate legitimate Sterling Secure Proxy screens to harvest credentials or trick operators into unsafe actions, with limited confidentiality and integrity impact (CVSS 5.4). No public exploit code has been identified and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV; the vendor has published a fix, though an exact fixed version is not named in the provided data.

Affected VersionsENISA

Sterling Secure Proxy 6.2.0.0 ≤6.2.1.2

Affected Packages

euvd sterling_secure_proxy no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Severity by source

Vendor (ibm) PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from Vendor (ibm) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: ibm

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.2.0.0 through 6.2.1.2 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to perform UI spoofing and phishing attacks due to improper neutralization of user-supplied HTML markup.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

27
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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CVE-2022-22333 MEDIUM
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5.5 Sep 05

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