Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to local management UI
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ExploitInject JavaScript into stored Web UI field
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ExecutionAdmin views page in trusted session
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ImpactScript executes, steals session credentials
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 (1) an authenticated account on the local management interface of IBM Security Verify Access or Verify Identity Access (PR:L), and (2) a specific non-default deployment - the description and AC:H both state the flaw exists only 'in certain configurations' of the local management interface, so default/hardened deployments may not be affected. Realistic impact also depends on a second trusted user (e.g., an administrator) rendering the injected content within their session for credential disclosure to occur, which limits the practical blast radius to environments with multiple management-interface users. Affected products: Security Verify Access and Verify Identity Access, including their container editions. |
| Impact | This is a low-to-moderate priority issue despite being network-reachable. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9 (Medium) is driven down by three limiting factors in the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N: high attack complexity (AC:H, explicitly reflecting that only 'certain configurations' are vulnerable), the requirement for a pre-authenticated user (PR:L), and only Low confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability impact. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so all exploitation-probability signals are either absent or negative - consistent with a vendor-reported (IBM self-reported) XSS flaw rather than an actively-exploited threat. One internal inconsistency should be flagged: the vector lists UI:N, yet the description describes embedding JavaScript that executes 'within a trusted session,' which normally implies a second user must view the injected content (user interaction) - verify the trigger model with IBM, as this materially affects whether exploitation is self-contained or requires a victim. Net: a real but bounded defense-in-depth fix for an authenticated management interface, not an emergency patch. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a low-privileged authenticated account on the IBM Verify Access/Verify Identity Access local management interface injects crafted JavaScript into a stored field of the Web UI. When another authenticated administrator views the affected page within their trusted session, the script runs in their browser context and can exfiltrate session credentials. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and the high attack complexity (AC:H) indicates a non-default configuration is required. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026
Authenticated cross-site scripting (XSS) in the local management interface of IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 allows a low-privileged authenticated user to embed arbitrary JavaScript into the Web UI when the deployment is in certain non-default configurations, potentially altering the interface's intended behaviour and disclosing credentials within a trusted session. Exploitation requires an existing account on the management interface (CVSS PR:L) and, in practice, a second trusted user such as an administrator who renders the injected content in their own session; no public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis. The issue is rated low-to-moderate priority - network-reachable but gated by high attack complexity (AC:H) attributable to the configuration prerequisite and by user interaction in the assessed vector.
RemediationAI
IBM reports that a patch is available from the vendor; apply the fix from IBM Support node 7291628 (https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291628) according to the product line you run - Security Verify Access 10.0.x or Verify Identity Access 11.0.x, including their container images, which must be re-pulled and redeployed once the corrected build is published. The supplied data does not state an exact fixed release number for either branch, so confirm the target fix level against the advisory rather than assuming the next maintenance release; patch status is best characterized as 'Patch available per vendor advisory' with the precise version not independently confirmed. Until you can upgrade, restrict the local management interface to a trusted administrative network segment or management VLAN and block it from general user networks - this meaningfully reduces the attack surface but complicates remote administration and is not a substitute for patching. Reduce the number of accounts holding management-interface access and enforce least privilege so that PR:L is hard to obtain, and require administrators to treat management-UI pages as untrusted by keeping sessions short, avoiding simultaneous untrusted browsing in the same browser profile, and logging out after administrative tasks. If your deployment has the option to avoid the affected 'certain configurations', reverting to the default/hardened management-interface configuration removes exposure, at the cost of the functionality those configurations provide. Where the product allows it, enable a restrictive Content-Security-Policy on the management interface to blunt inline script execution, but note that CSP can break legitimate console components and must be validated in a test environment before production rollout.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 4 packages in euvd
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is a CWE-79 improper neutralization of input during web page generation, i.e. classic cross-site scripting, in the web-based local management interface that ships with IBM Security Verify Access and IBM Verify Identity Access. The local management interface is the administrative console used to configure the access-management appliance, and it is only reachable in specific deployment topologies and configurations - the description and the assessed AC:H metric agree that default or hardened configurations may not expose the flaw. The CVSS vector carries a scope change (S:C), meaning the injected script executes in the security context of the management interface itself rather than that of the injecting user, which is why credential disclosure to the attacker is the driving concern. Impact is limited to low confidentiality and low integrity (C:L/I:L) with no availability impact (A:N) - this is not remote code execution and the appliance's enforcement path for federated access traffic is unaffected. The assessed vector applies the authentication precondition (PR:L) plus user interaction (UI:R), so a victim must actively load the crafted view; the affected CPE set covers both the on-premises product identifiers (ibm:security_verify_access, ibm:verify_identity_access) and their container editions (ibm:security_verify_access_container, ibm:verify_identity_access_container), indicating the same management-interface code path is shared across the appliance and container form factors.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Authenticated management access (PR:L) plus non-default config (AC:H); stored script needs a victim to render it (UI:R, diverging from input UI:N); browser-context execution yields S:C with limited C/I.
Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 local management interface in certain configurations 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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