IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.12 are affected by cross-site scripting due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specially crafted URL to redirect the user to a malicious site.

The version of IBM Cognos Analytics installed on the remote host is 12.1.x prior to 12.1.3 FP2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the IBM Security Bulletin No. 7287209. These vulnerabilities are applicable only to version 12.1.3 due to newer functionalities and an updated software stack:

  - Arbitrary class instantiation via model manifest in Apache OpenNLP ExtensionLoader. The     ExtensionLoader.instantiateExtension() method loads a class by its fully-qualified name via     Class.forName() and invokes its no-arg constructor, with the class name sourced from the     manifest.properties entry of a model archive. An attacker who can supply a crafted model archive can     cause the static initializer of any class on the classpath to run during model loading.
    (CVE-2026-42027)

  - XML External Entity (XXE) via unsanitized dictionary parsing in Apache OpenNLP     DictionaryEntryPersistor. An attacker who can supply a crafted dictionary file containing a malicious     DOCTYPE declaration can trigger local file disclosure via file:// entity references or server-side     request forgery via http:// entity references during SAX parsing. (CVE-2026-40682)

  - An authenticated attacker may bypass the fix in CVE-2026-34197 by adding a connector using an HTTP     Discovery transport via BrokerView.addNetworkConnector or BrokerView.addConnector through Jolokia if the     activemq-http module is on the classpath, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the Apache ActiveMQ     broker's JVM. (CVE-2026-40466)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty running on the remote host is affected by a XSS vulnerability as referenced in the 7254078 advisory.

  - IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.12 are affected by cross-site scripting     due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using     a specially crafted URL to redirect the user to a malicious site. (CVE-2025-12635)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of IBM MQ Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 7261943 advisory.

  - IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through     25.0.0.12 are affected by cross-site scripting due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An     attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specially crafted URL to redirect the user to a     malicious site. (CVE-2025-12635)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of IBM WebSphere Application Server running on the remote host is affected by a XSS vulnerability as referenced in the 7254078 advisory.

  - IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 are affected by cross-site scripting due to improper     validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specially     crafted URL to redirect the user to a malicious site. (CVE-2025-12635)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
347959	IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.x < 12.1.3 FP2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (7287209)	Nessus	CGI abuses	Remote	high
346897	IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 < 26.0.0.1 XSS (7254078)	Nessus	Web Servers	Combined	medium
300140	IBM MQ 9.1 < 9.1.0.34 LTS / 9.2 < 9.2.0.41 LTS / 9.3 < 9.3.0.37 LTS / 9.3 < 9.4.5.0 CD / 9.4 < 9.4.0.20 LTS XSS (7261943)	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
277790	IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x < 8.5.5.29 / 9.x < 9.0.5.27 XSS (7254078)	Nessus	Web Servers	Combined	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2025-12635

medium

Tenable Plugins

high

medium

medium

medium