CVE-2021-38883

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-12-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20,0 and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 209165.

Affected products

IBM Business Automation Workflow: 18.0.0.0, 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.0, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2 (+5)
IBM Business Process Manager: 8.5.0.0, 8.5.0.1, 8.5.0.2, 8.5.5.0, 8.5.6.0, 8.5.7.0 (+1)

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209165
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6527270
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209165
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6527270

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