What is CVE-2024-49337?

CVE-2024-49337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Openpages With Watson, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-49337?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-49337 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in IBM Openpages With Watson

CVE-2024-49337

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 IBM OpenPages is vulnerable to HTML injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input of text fields used to construct workflow email notifications. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using HTML tags in a text field of an object to inject malicious script into an email which would be executed in a victim's mail client within the security context of the OpenPages mail message. An attacker could use this for phishing or identity theft attacks.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Openpages With Watson — versions 8.3, 9.0
Ibm Openpages_with_watson
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49337?: CVE-2024-49337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Openpages With Watson, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-49337?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-49337 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.