What is CVE-2024-49791?

CVE-2024-49791 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Applinx, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2024-49791?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in IBM Applinx

CVE-2024-49791

IBM ApplinX 11.1 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2025-02-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Applinx — versions 11.1, 11.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182522 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49791?: CVE-2024-49791 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Applinx, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-49791?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.