Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privileged Web UI account
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DeliveryInject JavaScript into stored UI field
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ExploitAdministrator views crafted page
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ExecutionScript runs in trusted session
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ImpactHarvest credentials / session data
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. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated account on the IBM DataPower Gateway administrative Web UI (PR:L) with the ability to submit input that is stored or reflected back into UI pages, plus a second victim user who subsequently views the injected content (UI:R) - the payload does not self-execute. Realistic risk is limited to deployments where the management Web UI is accessible to multiple users of differing privilege levels; the impact (credential/session disclosure) is realized only when a more-privileged user renders the malicious content. Affected releases are 10.5.0.0-10.5.0.22, 10.6.1-10.6.6 (10.6CD), 10.6.0.0-10.6.0.10, and 11.0.0.0-11.0.0.2; environments on patched builds or that restrict Web UI access to a single trusted administrator are not meaningfully exposed. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity stored/reflected cross-site scripting flaw (CVSS 5.4, CWE-79) that scores as a genuine but non-urgent issue rather than an emergency. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N shows network reach and low complexity, but two factors meaningfully constrain risk: PR:L means the attacker must already be an authenticated user of the DataPower management Web UI, and UI:R means a separate victim must interact with the injected content for the payload to fire. The scope change (S:C) and the description's mention of credentials disclosure within a trusted session are what elevate this above a trivial XSS - a low-privileged user can pivot toward higher-privileged administrators. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The CVE is not listed in CISA KEV and no public exploit code is referenced, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization. Signals are internally consistent: CVSS network vector aligns with a web-based administrative interface, and the authenticated/user-interaction requirements match the description's 'authenticated user' language. Overall this is a legitimate patch-in-normal-cycle item for environments exposing the DataPower management UI to multiple users, not a drop-everything priority. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated user of the DataPower Gateway Web UI injects crafted JavaScript into a field that is later rendered to other operators. When a higher-privileged administrator views the affected page in their authenticated session, the script executes in their browser context and can exfiltrate session credentials or perform actions as that trusted user. No public proof-of-concept is referenced in the available data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026
Stored/reflected cross-site scripting in the administrative Web UI of IBM DataPower Gateway (10.5.0.0 through 10.5.0.22, 10.6.0.0 through 10.6.0.10, 10.6.1 through 10.6.6, and 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.0.2) lets an authenticated user whose input is rendered back into UI pages embed arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the browser of another, potentially more-privileged user, enabling credential or session disclosure inside the trusted management session. The flaw is not self-executing: it requires a low-privileged authenticated position (PR:L) plus a second victim who views the injected content (UI:R), and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, nor is it listed in CISA KEV. At CVSS 5.4 (CWE-79) this is a genuine but non-urgent issue, with realistic risk confined to deployments whose management Web UI is reachable by multiple users of differing privilege levels.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory: IBM documents the corrected builds for every affected stream in its advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7289775, so upgrade DataPower Gateway to the release named there for your track - i.e., off the 10.5.0.0-10.5.0.22 range, the 10.6.0.0-10.6.0.10 range, the 10.6CD 10.6.1-10.6.6 range, and the 11.0.0.0-11.0.0.2 range, using the exact fixed version identified in the advisory rather than an assumed build number. Because the attack requires a low-privileged authenticated UI account and a second user to view the injected content, the strongest compensating controls target exposure and the privilege differential: restrict the management Web UI to a trusted administrative network or VPN through firewall ACLs and avoid publishing the UI port externally (trade-off: blocks legitimate remote administration and can complicate managed-service operations); consolidate UI usage onto a small set of equally trusted administrators so no privileged victim browses content injected by a lower-privileged user (trade-off: reduces operational flexibility and per-operator accountability); and, where the UI is fronted by a reverse proxy or WAF, enable XSS filtering plus a Content-Security-Policy that disallows inline script (trade-off: CSP can break legitimate UI behavior and signature-based filtering is bypassable for stored payloads). If compromise is suspected, invalidate active management sessions and rotate administrator credentials, since the flaw's impact is credential/session disclosure within a trusted session.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
IBM DataPower Gateway is a multi-protocol security and integration gateway (XML/JSON transformation, API gateway, MQ and web services mediation) whose administrative Web UI is used to configure services, manage certificates, inspect traffic and control the appliance. The root cause is CWE-79, improper neutralization of user-controllable input before it is placed into HTML output: input accepted and later rendered in the management UI is not contextually encoded, so script markup supplied by one UI user is delivered to and executed by another user's browser. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N indicates the attack is network-accessible and low-complexity but requires a valid account (PR:L) and victim interaction (UI:R); the scope change (S:C) reflects that the injected script runs with the origin and privileges of the Web UI page, so impact crosses the boundary of the vulnerable component. Confidentiality and integrity impact are both Low and availability impact is None, matching an XSS that can alter page content and leak session/credential data rather than crash or take over the appliance. The CPE data enumerates four distinct affected product streams - datapower_gateway_10.5.0, datapower_gateway_10.6.0, datapower_gateway_10.6cd (continuous-delivery track) and datapower_gateway_11.0.0 - meaning fixes must be tracked per stream rather than as a single code line.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Authenticated Web UI user injects script (PR:L, AV:N, AC:L); a victim must render it (UI:R); execution in the victim's browser crosses a security boundary (S:C) exposing session data (C:L/I:L, A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).
CVSS VectorVendor: ibm
DescriptionCVE.org
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0.0 through 10.5.0.22, 10.6.1 through 10.6.6, 10.6.0.0 through 10.6.0.10, and 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.0.2 is 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.
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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.
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