CVE-2025-27895 (GCVE-0-2025-27895)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-12 19:07
Modified
2026-10-12 22:53
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows 5.5 IF 2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows Version: 5.5 IF 2
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:if2:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:if2:*:*:*:linux:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_recovery_expert:5.5.0:if2:*:*:*:unix:*:*
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