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CVE-2013-0499

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-05-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the echo functionality on IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA appliances with firmware 3.8.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, and 5.0.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a SOAP message, as demonstrated by the XML Firewall, Multi Protocol Gateway (MPGW), Web Service Proxy, and Web Token services.

Affected products

• IBM Websphere Datapower B2B Appliance Xb62: all versions
• IBM Websphere Datapower B2B Appliance Xb62 Firmware: 3.8.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 5.0.0
• IBM Websphere Datapower Integration Appliance Xi50: all versions
• IBM Websphere Datapower Integration Appliance Xi50 Firmware: 3.8.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 5.0.0
• IBM Websphere Datapower Integration Appliance Xi52: all versions
• IBM Websphere Datapower Integration Appliance Xi52 Firmware: 3.8.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 5.0.0
• IBM Websphere Datapower Integration Appliance Xi52 Virtual Edition: all versions
• IBM Websphere Datapower Integration Appliance Xi52 Virtual Edition Firmware: 3.8.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 5.0.0
• IBM Websphere Datapower Service Gateway Xg45: all versions
• IBM Websphere Datapower Service Gateway Xg45 Firmware: 3.8.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 5.0.0
• IBM Websphere Datapower Service Gateway Xg45 Virtual Edition: all versions
• IBM Websphere Datapower Service Gateway Xg45 Virtual Edition Firmware: 3.8.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 5.0.0
• IBM Websphere Datapower Xc10 Appliance: all versions
• IBM Websphere Datapower Xc10 Appliance Firmware: 3.8.2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 5.0.0

References

• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/May/83
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21637717
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82221
• https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130523-0_IBM_Xi50_Echo-WebService_Xss_in_Xml_v10.txt
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/May/83
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21637717
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82221
• https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130523-0_IBM_Xi50_Echo-WebService_Xss_in_Xml_v10.txt

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