🛡️ CVE-2023-24966 — websphere-application-server

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-24966 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-24966 is recorded against 1 package.

• websphere-application-server (from 9.0.0.0 up to 9.0.5.16)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 April 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.ibm.com
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.ibm.com

Other advisories for this package

websphere-application-server has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-8400 (8.1 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-11536 (8.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-14980 (8.3 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-9322 (7.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11383 (5.4 Medium, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11707 (9.3 Critical, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11897 (7.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-10842 (7.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS)) in other software:

• CVE-2011-4924 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000482 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-20182 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2021-3988 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000426 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2018-25045 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-2209 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2014-0157 (published 6 Jul 2026)

Details

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