CVE-2026-78415 (GCVE-0-2026-78415)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-14 20:56
Modified
2026-09-15 17:31
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.2.0.0 through 6.2.1.2 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to perform UI spoofing and phishing attacks due to improper neutralization of user-supplied HTML markup.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy Version: 6.2.0.0   ≤ 6.2.1.2
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_secure_proxy:6.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_secure_proxy:6.2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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